diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index d14d038f5..a58245fe3 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Revision 5.0.36, released 2024-2-10
+-----------------------------------
+
+- Fixed a dispatch bug related to "Slim.close".
+
 Revision 5.0.35, released 2024-2-10
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 59fb1773c..59f571529 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '5.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '5.0.35'
+release = '5.0.36'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2210bc44..5bfad1dfd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pysnmp-lextudio"
-version = "5.0.35"
+version = "5.0.36"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Ilya Etingof <etingof@gmail.com>", "Lex Li <support@lextudio.com>"]
 license = "BSD-2-Clause"
diff --git a/pysnmp/__init__.py b/pysnmp/__init__.py
index 696fda90f..898020911 100644
--- a/pysnmp/__init__.py
+++ b/pysnmp/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0396/
-__version__ = '5.0.35'
+__version__ = '5.0.36'
 # another variable is required to prevent semantic release from updating version in more than one place
 main_version = __version__
 # backward compatibility