diff --git a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec b/kong-3.6.1-0.rockspec
similarity index 99%
rename from kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
rename to kong-3.6.1-0.rockspec
index eeb32cca231b..9072efd2f76b 100644
--- a/kong-3.6.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.6.1-0.rockspec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package = "kong"
-version = "3.6.0-0"
+version = "3.6.1-0"
 rockspec_format = "3.0"
 supported_platforms = {"linux", "macosx"}
 source = {
   url = "git+https://github.com/Kong/kong.git",
-  tag = "3.6.0"
+  tag = "3.6.1"
 }
 description = {
   summary = "Kong is a scalable and customizable API Management Layer built on top of Nginx.",
diff --git a/kong/meta.lua b/kong/meta.lua
index c149073e1dc2..5e58f92dfd28 100644
--- a/kong/meta.lua
+++ b/kong/meta.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 local version = setmetatable({
   major = 3,
   minor = 6,
-  patch = 0,
+  patch = 1,
   --suffix = "-alpha.13"
 }, {
   -- our Makefile during certain releases adjusts this line. Any changes to