diff --git a/bin/version b/bin/version
index b08a6e0657aa053844cac648f15b0bca8deabeeb..5b1f44382c86751a74c1efb898cbbf2f12336db9 100755
--- a/bin/version
+++ b/bin/version
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-VERSION="v0.36.0-snapshot"
+VERSION="v0.36.0"
 
 # dynamically pull more interesting stuff from latest git commit
 HASH=$(git show-ref --head --hash=7 head)            # first 7 letters of hash should be enough; that's what GitHub uses