Release 3.36.0
diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
index 1a4c540..d69783f 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-version = __version__ = "3.35.3.dev0"
+version = __version__ = "3.36.0"
 
 __all__ = ["version", "log", "configLogger"]
diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 8afa24c..fdb06aa 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+3.36.0 (released 2019-01-17)
+----------------------------
+
 - [ttx] Added ``--no-recalc-timestamp`` option to keep the original font's
   ``head.modified`` timestamp (#1455, #46).
 - [ttx/psCharStrings] Fixed issues while dumping and round-tripping CFF2 table
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index efbf367..ef9bcc0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 3.35.3.dev0
+current_version = 3.36.0
 commit = True
 tag = False
 tag_name = {new_version}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ec9ffd0..280ad3d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name="fonttools",
-	version="3.35.3.dev0",
+	version="3.36.0",
 	description="Tools to manipulate font files",
 	author="Just van Rossum",
 	author_email="just@letterror.com",