diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43fe64dde..79deb4021 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 <!-- usage documentation: http://expeditor-docs.es.chef.io/configuration/changelog/ -->
-<!-- latest_release 4.36.1 -->
-## [v4.36.1](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.36.1) (2021-04-28)
+<!-- latest_release 4.36.2 -->
+## [v4.36.2](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.36.2) (2021-04-28)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- updating Gemfile to support environment variables [#5485](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5485) ([jayashrig158](https://github.com/jayashrig158))
+- Group &amp; Groups doc updated - about using local and etc groups [#5483](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5483) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.33.1 -->
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - Add selinux resource support for modules and booleans [#5463](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5463) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 4.36.0 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Group &amp; Groups doc updated - about using local and etc groups [#5483](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5483) ([Nik08](https://github.com/Nik08)) <!-- 4.36.2 -->
 - updating Gemfile to support environment variables [#5485](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5485) ([jayashrig158](https://github.com/jayashrig158)) <!-- 4.36.1 -->
 - Minor fix - Method expected to return boolean but it was returning nil if condition check fails [#5480](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5480) ([Vasu1105](https://github.com/Vasu1105)) <!-- 4.35.2 -->
 - Update faraday requirement from &gt;= 0.9.0, &lt; 1.4 to &gt;= 0.9.0, &lt; 1.5 [#5469](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/5469) ([dependabot-preview[bot]](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot])) <!-- 4.35.1 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 105528a5f..846f86fbc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.36.1
\ No newline at end of file
+4.36.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
index 44ef47fb3..ee5750af9 100644
--- a/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
+++ b/inspec-bin/lib/inspec-bin/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file managed by automation - do not edit manually
 module InspecBin
   INSPECBIN_ROOT = File.expand_path("..", __dir__)
-  VERSION = "4.36.1".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.36.2".freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index ea2efef2f..5d4fcca38 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = "4.36.1".freeze
+  VERSION = "4.36.2".freeze
 end