diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4b6d3314d..b0e7591d8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 #
 
-AC_INIT([wolfssl],[3.6.0],[https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl/issues],[wolfssl],[http://www.wolfssl.com])
+AC_INIT([wolfssl],[3.6.1],[https://github.com/wolfssl/wolfssl/issues],[wolfssl],[http://www.wolfssl.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 
diff --git a/support/wolfssl.pc b/support/wolfssl.pc
index 277eb17bb..024f117ab 100644
--- a/support/wolfssl.pc
+++ b/support/wolfssl.pc
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: wolfssl
 Description: wolfssl C library.
-Version: 3.6.0
+Version: 3.6.1
 Libs: -L${libdir} -lwolfssl
 Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/wolfssl/version.h b/wolfssl/version.h
index b163a0a3d..6ec106bab 100644
--- a/wolfssl/version.h
+++ b/wolfssl/version.h
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_STRING "3.6.0"
-#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_HEX 0x03006000
+#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_STRING "3.6.1"
+#define LIBWOLFSSL_VERSION_HEX 0x03006001
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }