diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d1637bf9..45f8a7195 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog 
 
+## 1.36.0
+
+- parse ndn (network delivery notification) reports
+  and report faild messages as such #1552 #1622 #1630
+
+- read image orientation from exif before recoding #1619
+
+- improve logging #1593 #1598
+
+- improve python and bot bindings #1583 #1609
+
+- improve imap logout #1595
+
+- fix sorting #1600 #1604
+
+- fix qr code generation #1631
+
+- update rustcrypto releases #1603
+
+- refactorings #1617
+
+
 ## 1.35.0
 
 - enable strict-tls from a new provider-db setting #1587
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1509b354a..5d950b1a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.35.0"
+version = "1.36.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.12.1",
  "anyhow",
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.35.0"
+version = "1.36.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 590ab8d95..cdd23786f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.35.0"
+version = "1.36.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index d713632a2..e49230dc6 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.35.0"
+version = "1.36.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"