diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index d4c5ff39c..87a07fa2b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: nanonext
 Type: Package
 Title: NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen) Lightweight Messaging Library
-Version: 0.13.5.9000
+Version: 0.13.6
 Description: R binding for NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen), a successor to ZeroMQ. NNG is
     a socket library implementing 'Scalability Protocols', a reliable,
     high-performance standard for common communications patterns including
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 26ba49a86..afd0f6d45 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# nanonext 0.13.5.9000 (development)
+# nanonext 0.13.6
 
 #### Updates
 
 * Safer and more efficient memory reads for 'next' serialization corrects for CRAN UBSAN-clang check errors.
-* Upgrades bundled 'mbedtls' to v3.6.0 LTS.
+* Upgrades bundled 'libmbedtls' to v3.6.0 LTS.
 
 # nanonext 0.13.5
 
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index 9f10723ca..aee21e91b 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ vignette("nanonext", package = "nanonext")
 
 #### Linux / Mac / Solaris
 
-Installation from source requires 'libnng' >= v1.5.0 and 'libmbedtls' >= 2.5.0 (suitable installations are automatically detected), or else 'cmake' to compile 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 included within the package sources.
+Installation from source requires 'libnng' >= v1.5.0 and 'libmbedtls' >= 2.5.0 (suitable installations are automatically detected), or else 'cmake' to compile 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 LTS included within the package sources.
 
 **It is recommended for optimal performance and stability to let the package automatically compile bundled versions of 'libmbedtls' and 'libnng' during installation.** To ensure the libraries are compiled from source even if system installations are present, set the `NANONEXT_LIBS` environment variable prior to installation e.g. by `Sys.setenv(NANONEXT_LIBS = 1)`.
 
@@ -162,15 +162,15 @@ As system libraries, 'libnng' is available as libnng-dev (deb) or nng-devel (rpm
 
 #### Windows
 
-For R >= 4.2 using the 'Rtools42' or 'Rtools43' toolchains, 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 will be automatically compiled from the package sources during installation.
+For R >= 4.2 using the 'Rtools42' or 'Rtools43' toolchains, 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 LTS will be automatically compiled from the package sources during installation.
 
-For previous R versions, pre-compiled 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 libraries are downloaded and used for installation instead.
+For previous R versions, pre-compiled 'libnng' v1.7.3 and 'libmbedtls' v3.6.0 LTS libraries are downloaded and used for installation instead.
 
 ### Acknowledgements and Links
 
 We would like to acknowledge in particular:
 
-- [Garrett D'Amore](https://github.com/gdamore), author of the NNG library, for being generous with advice and implementing a feature request specifically for a more efficient 'aio' implementation in {nanonext}.
+- [Garrett D'Amore](https://github.com/gdamore), author of the NNG library, for generous advice and for implementing a feature request specifically for a more efficient 'aio' implementation in `nanonext`.
 - The [R Consortium](https://www.r-consortium.org/) for funding the development of the secure TLS capabilities in the package, and [Henrik Bengtsson](https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson) and [Will Landau](https://github.com/wlandau/)'s roles in making this possible.
 - [R Core](https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html) for various auxiliary functions for serialisation and raw / character conversion, which have been adopted by the package.
 - [Luke Tierney](https://github.com/ltierney/) and [Mike Cheng](https://github.com/coolbutuseless) for meticulous documentation of the R serialization mechanism, which led to the package's own implementation of a low-level interface to R serialization.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25834aa5a..5fb369e61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ vignette("nanonext", package = "nanonext")
 
 Installation from source requires ‘libnng’ \>= v1.5.0 and ‘libmbedtls’
 \>= 2.5.0 (suitable installations are automatically detected), or else
-‘cmake’ to compile ‘libnng’ v1.7.3 and ‘libmbedtls’ v3.6.0 included
+‘cmake’ to compile ‘libnng’ v1.7.3 and ‘libmbedtls’ v3.6.0 LTS included
 within the package sources.
 
 **It is recommended for optimal performance and stability to let the
@@ -207,20 +207,19 @@ OpenCSW - refer to the ‘cmake’ website for the latest source file.*
 #### Windows
 
 For R \>= 4.2 using the ‘Rtools42’ or ‘Rtools43’ toolchains, ‘libnng’
-v1.7.3 and ‘libmbedtls’ v3.6.0 will be automatically compiled from the
-package sources during installation.
+v1.7.3 and ‘libmbedtls’ v3.6.0 LTS will be automatically compiled from
+the package sources during installation.
 
 For previous R versions, pre-compiled ‘libnng’ v1.7.3 and ‘libmbedtls’
-v3.6.0 libraries are downloaded and used for installation instead.
+v3.6.0 LTS libraries are downloaded and used for installation instead.
 
 ### Acknowledgements and Links
 
 We would like to acknowledge in particular:
 
 - [Garrett D’Amore](https://github.com/gdamore), author of the NNG
-  library, for being generous with advice and implementing a feature
-  request specifically for a more efficient ‘aio’ implementation in
-  {nanonext}.
+  library, for generous advice and for implementing a feature request
+  specifically for a more efficient ‘aio’ implementation in `nanonext`.
 - The [R Consortium](https://www.r-consortium.org/) for funding the
   development of the secure TLS capabilities in the package, and [Henrik
   Bengtsson](https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson) and [Will