diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80b7c0d86..d1a2c3d90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,35 @@
+## [22.36.0] - 12/16/2023
+
+### Bots
+
+* Add rule to toggle DT hitting owner ([#3757](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3757)) @nytmyr 2023-12-11
+* Enable auto-saving of bots. ([#3758](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3758)) @nytmyr 2023-12-13
+
+### Code
+
+* Cleanup classes.cpp/classes.h ([#3752](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3752)) @Kinglykrab 2023-12-13
+
+### Corpse
+
+* Fix /corpse command regression from #3727 ([#3770](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3770)) @Akkadius 2023-12-16
+
+### Database
+
+* Make it clearer to users that a database backup is occurring ([#3769](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3769)) @Akkadius 2023-12-16
+* When database version is greater than binary, we are up to date ([#3771](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3771)) @Akkadius 2023-12-16
+
+### Fixes
+
+* Fix Starting Items SQL ([#3766](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3766)) @Kinglykrab 2023-12-16
+
+### Logging
+
+* Change empty object loading to warning ([#3759](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3759)) @nytmyr 2023-12-11
+
+### Rules
+
+* Add DOT and HOT Rules ([#3760](https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/pull/3760)) @Kinglykrab 2023-12-16
+
 ## [22.35.0] - 12/10/2023
 
 ### Bots
diff --git a/common/version.h b/common/version.h
index 8fb9f7e81..fac89df7c 100644
--- a/common/version.h
+++ b/common/version.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 // Build variables
 // these get injected during the build pipeline
-#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.35.0-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
+#define CURRENT_VERSION "22.36.0-dev" // always append -dev to the current version for custom-builds
 #define LOGIN_VERSION "0.8.0"
 #define COMPILE_DATE    __DATE__
 #define COMPILE_TIME    __TIME__
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be2f76559..a9ef804ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "eqemu-server",
-  "version": "22.35.0",
+  "version": "22.36.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/EQEmu/Server.git"