diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b356793264b6..42ff9596f4c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+.. _v36-0-1:
+
+36.0.1 - 2021-12-14
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* Updated Windows, macOS, and ``manylinux`` wheels to be compiled with
+  OpenSSL 1.1.1m.
+
 .. _v36-0-0:
 
 36.0.0 - 2021-11-21
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index c02b0466efda..8848a196308f 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "__copyright__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "36.0.0"
+__version__ = "36.0.1"
 
 __author__ = "The Python Cryptographic Authority and individual contributors"
 __copyright__ = "Copyright 2013-2021 {}".format(__author__)
diff --git a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
index aa9a99b7cdb0..6b7509746657 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
     "__version__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "36.0.0"
+__version__ = "36.0.1"