diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index e091927..17feff0 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.5.0
+current_version = v3.6.0
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)(-(?P<stage>[^.]*)\.(?P<devnum>\d+))?
diff --git a/porter/__about__.py b/porter/__about__.py
index 3a5e278..f77706f 100644
--- a/porter/__about__.py
+++ b/porter/__about__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 __summary__ = "Pipe for TACo on Threshold Network"
 
-__version__ = "3.5.0"
+__version__ = "3.6.0"
 
 __author__ = "NuCypher"