diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 780f2b6eed..afd5cc98de 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Release 1.3.6 (in development)
-==============================
+Release 1.3.6 (released Feb 29, 2016)
+=====================================
 
 Features added
 --------------
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index a44de79469..8b64ecfa06 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 import sys
 from os import path
 
-__version__  = '1.3.5+'
-__released__ = '1.3.5+'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
+__version__  = '1.3.6'
+__released__ = '1.3.6'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 # version info for better programmatic use
 # possible values for 3rd element: 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final'
 # 'final' has 0 as the last element
-version_info = (1, 3, 6, 'beta', 1)
+version_info = (1, 3, 6, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))