diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1b8ef0972..952d4c113 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3-dev
+3.36.1
diff --git a/doc/contributing/source/conf.py b/doc/contributing/source/conf.py
index c5be02179..e2c664dba 100644
--- a/doc/contributing/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/contributing/source/conf.py
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ copyright = u'2015, ns-3 project'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = 'ns-3-dev'
+version = 'ns-3.36.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = 'ns-3-dev'
+release = 'ns-3.36.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/manual/source/conf.py b/doc/manual/source/conf.py
index bedb37bcc..96db2b0ea 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/manual/source/conf.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ copyright = u'2006-2019'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'ns-3-dev'
+version = u'ns-3.36.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'ns-3-dev'
+release = u'ns-3.36.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/models/source/conf.py b/doc/models/source/conf.py
index 0e1dd66c6..0951f761c 100644
--- a/doc/models/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/models/source/conf.py
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ copyright = u'2006-2019'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'ns-3-dev'
+version = u'ns-3.36.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'ns-3-dev'
+release = u'ns-3.36.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/doc/tutorial/source/conf.py b/doc/tutorial/source/conf.py
index 79df06d0e..e2b24435f 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/tutorial/source/conf.py
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ copyright = u'2006-2019'
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = u'ns-3-dev'
+version = u'ns-3.36.1'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'ns-3-dev'
+release = u'ns-3.36.1'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.