diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -12,21 +12,20 @@ We use *breaking :warning:* to mark changes that are not backward compatible (re
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- [#7493](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7493) *: fix server grpc histograms
-
 ### Added
 
 ### Changed
 
 ### Removed
 
-## [v0.36.0-rc.0](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/tree/release-0.36) - 26.06.2024
+## [v0.36.0-rc.1](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/tree/release-0.36)
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - [#7326](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7326) Query: fixing exemplars proxy when querying stores with multiple tenants.
 - [#7403](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7403) Sidecar: fix startup sequence
 - [#7484](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7484) Proxy: fix panic in lazy response set
+- [#7493](https://github.com/thanos-io/thanos/pull/7493) *: fix server grpc histograms
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 210bbe0449..5abe9e6575 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.36.0-rc.0
+0.36.0-rc.1