diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ad97b430e..0ab8130a7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+3.36.5
+======
+* Screencast fixes and improvements [Jonas; !1351, !1365]
+* Fix glitches when subsurfaces extend outside the toplevel [Robert; #1316]
+* Mipmap background texture rendering [Daniel; !1347]
+* Fix wine copy & paste [Sebastian; !1369]
+* Plugged memory leaks [Marco, Thomas; !1195]
+
+Contributors:
+  Jonas Ådahl, Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen, Sebastian Keller, Robert Mader,
+  Marco Trevisan (Treviño), Daniel van Vugt
+
+Translators:
+  Rafael Fontenelle [pt_BR]
+
 3.36.4
 ======
 * Fix crash on area screenshots with fractional scaling [Sebastian; !1320]
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b812722f1..5e2282451 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('mutter', 'c',
-  version: '3.36.4',
+  version: '3.36.5',
   meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )