diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7508dc6..8cad53b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Co-Authors Plus
 
-Stable tag: 3.5.15  
+Stable tag: 3.6.0  
 Requires at least: 4.1  
 Tested up to: 6.3  
 Requires PHP: 5.6  
diff --git a/co-authors-plus.php b/co-authors-plus.php
index 33784b21..eb6abba1 100755
--- a/co-authors-plus.php
+++ b/co-authors-plus.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Plugin Name:       Co-Authors Plus
  * Plugin URI:        https://wordpress.org/plugins/co-authors-plus/
  * Description:       Allows multiple authors to be assigned to a post. This plugin is an extended version of the Co-Authors plugin developed by Weston Ruter.
- * Version:           3.5.15
+ * Version:           3.6.0
  * Requires at least: 4.1
  * Requires PHP:      5.6
  * Author:            Mohammad Jangda, Daniel Bachhuber, Automattic
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * License URI:       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
  */
 
-const COAUTHORS_PLUS_VERSION = '3.5.15';
+const COAUTHORS_PLUS_VERSION = '3.6.0';
 const COAUTHORS_PLUS_FILE = __FILE__;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/template-tags.php';
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index bba8136d..59085892 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "co-authors-plus",
-	"version": "3.5.15",
+	"version": "3.6.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 074b17ff..550a6c1d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "co-authors-plus",
-	"version": "3.5.15",
+	"version": "3.6.0",
 	"description": "Allows multiple authors to be assigned to a post.",
 	"license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
 	"private": true,