diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 169d9d4d7885..b356793264b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ Changelog
 
 .. _v36-0-0:
 
-36.0.0 - `main`_
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- .. note:: This version is not yet released and is under active development.
-
+36.0.0 - 2021-11-21
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 * **FINAL DEPRECATION** Support for ``verifier`` and ``signer`` on our
   asymmetric key classes was deprecated in version 2.1. These functions had an
diff --git a/src/cryptography/__about__.py b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
index d1f9d67448b7..c02b0466efda 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/__about__.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/__about__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "__copyright__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "36.0.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "36.0.0"
 
 __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 451f1358d9a7..aa9a99b7cdb0 100644
--- a/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
+++ b/vectors/cryptography_vectors/__about__.py
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
     "__version__",
 ]
 
-__version__ = "36.0.0.dev1"
+__version__ = "36.0.0"