diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 353105985..3910e4adb 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it as below.
 title: Model Independent Chemistry Model (MICM)
-version: v3.5.0
+version: v3.6.0
 doi: "10.5281/zenodo.10472189"
 authors:
   - family-names: Dawson
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f4196a2f..64fb7e18e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 
 # project and version must be on the same line so that the docs can extract it
-project(micm VERSION 3.5.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
+project(micm VERSION 3.6.0 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING
diff --git a/docs/source/_static/switcher.json b/docs/source/_static/switcher.json
index de51cd564..f8f613a7d 100644
--- a/docs/source/_static/switcher.json
+++ b/docs/source/_static/switcher.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [
   {
-      "name": "v3.5.0 (stable)",
-      "version": "v3.5.0 (stable)",
+      "name": "v3.6.0 (stable)",
+      "version": "v3.6.0 (stable)",
       "url": "https://ncar.github.io/micm"
   },
   {
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
     "version": "3.5.0",
     "url": "https://ncar.github.io/micm/versions/3.5.0"
   },
+  {
+    "name": "v3.6.0",
+    "version": "3.6.0",
+    "url": "https://ncar.github.io/micm/versions/3.6.0"
+  },
   {
     "name": "dev",
     "version": "dev",
diff --git a/include/micm/version.hpp b/include/micm/version.hpp
index c0ae8410d..ab33a2d99 100644
--- a/include/micm/version.hpp
+++ b/include/micm/version.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
   inline const char* GetMicmVersion()
   {
-    return "3.5.0";
+    return "3.6.0";
   }
   inline unsigned GetMicmVersionMajor()
   {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ extern "C" {
   }
   inline unsigned GetMicmVersionMinor()
   {
-    return 5+0;
+    return 6+0;
   }
   inline unsigned GetMicmVersionPatch()
   {