diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ecdbd2fe0..bd1bb0822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
-## [Unpublished Version / DEV]
+## [[3.6](https://github.com/nf-core/rnaseq/releases/tag/3.6)] - 2022-03-01
 
 ### Enhancements & fixes
 
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index 3fa9871aa..1b723bb50 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ manifest {
     description     = 'Nextflow RNA-Seq analysis pipeline, part of the nf-core community.'
     mainScript      = 'main.nf'
     nextflowVersion = '!>=21.10.3'
-    version         = '3.6dev'
+    version         = '3.6'
 }
 
 // Load modules.config for DSL2 module specific options