diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f73fb9d4a..26a5b497c 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 4.4.35 -->
-## [v4.4.35](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.35) (2019-05-19)
+<!-- latest_release 4.4.36 -->
+## [v4.4.36](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/tree/v4.4.36) (2019-05-20)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Fixes a test interaction bug between installer and loader. [#4111](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4111) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider))
+- json was required twice. [#4118](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4118) ([miah](https://github.com/miah))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=4.3.2 -->
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 - Add inspec-*-bin to the plugin filter list [#4018](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4018) ([clintoncwolfe](https://github.com/clintoncwolfe)) <!-- 4.3.5 -->
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- json was required twice. [#4118](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4118) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.36 -->
 - Fixes a test interaction bug between installer and loader. [#4111](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4111) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.35 -->
 - This needed to be a flat_map because :profiles was an array. [#4110](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4110) ([zenspider](https://github.com/zenspider)) <!-- 4.4.34 -->
 - Fix @unique_controls uninitialized warning [#4079](https://github.com/inspec/inspec/pull/4079) ([miah](https://github.com/miah)) <!-- 4.4.33 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1e645026c..addf6d98e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.4.35
\ No newline at end of file
+4.4.36
\ 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 146883dfd..da60ded7d 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('../..', __FILE__)
-  VERSION = '4.4.35'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.36'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/lib/inspec/version.rb b/lib/inspec/version.rb
index 0504142a8..fec210dc1 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/version.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module Inspec
-  VERSION = '4.4.35'.freeze
+  VERSION = '4.4.36'.freeze
 end