diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 9e5a35c16d6..e57c6ea84e9 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "description": "Experiment-independent toolkit for (charged) particle track reconstruction in (high energy) physics experiments implemented in modern C++ ",
   "license": "MPL-2.0",
-  "title": "acts-project/acts: v36.1.0",
-  "version": "v36.1.0",
+  "title": "acts-project/acts: v36.2.0",
+  "version": "v36.2.0",
   "upload_type": "software",
   "creators": [
     {
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index a1f9528e17f..0c8c224b42d 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -93,4 +93,4 @@ license: MPL-2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata.
 repository-code: https://github.com/acts-project/acts
 title: A Common Tracking Software Project
-version: v36.1.0
+version: v36.2.0
diff --git a/version_number b/version_number
index 8de66459495..b7c5a4bfb0b 100644
--- a/version_number
+++ b/version_number
@@ -1 +1 @@
-36.1.0
+36.2.0