diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
index 7b8520a7c9..70ce01ef34 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.3.txt
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ For developers:
 - Embedded astyle updated to 3.1.
 - `make clean` now correctly removes the `src/lib/plumed` executable.
 
-## Version 2.3.6 (coming soon)
+## Version 2.3.6 (Jul 2, 2018)
 
 For users:
 - Fixed a problem leading to NaN derivatives of \ref switchingfunction `Q` when distance between two atoms is large.
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index cc0d5886fb..9e0608955a 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.3.5
+2.3.6