diff --git a/docs/src/conf.py b/docs/src/conf.py
index d05558c540..3ba4ae06b2 100644
--- a/docs/src/conf.py
+++ b/docs/src/conf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '3.5'
+version = '3.6'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '3.5.0'
+release = '3.6.0'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/gensim/__init__.py b/gensim/__init__.py
index f70ef0f412..4c55eada1e 100644
--- a/gensim/__init__.py
+++ b/gensim/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from gensim import parsing, corpora, matutils, interfaces, models, similarities, summarization, utils  # noqa:F401
 import logging
 
-__version__ = '3.5.0'
+__version__ = '3.6.0'
 
 
 class NullHandler(logging.Handler):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cf362466b9..2ba7cf3b62 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def finalize_options(self):
 
 setup(
     name='gensim',
-    version='3.5.0',
+    version='3.6.0',
     description='Python framework for fast Vector Space Modelling',
     long_description=LONG_DESCRIPTION,