diff --git a/ibllib/__init__.py b/ibllib/__init__.py
index ed7bb4486..4643bfb1a 100644
--- a/ibllib/__init__.py
+++ b/ibllib/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 import warnings
 
-__version__ = '2.34.1'
+__version__ = '2.35.0'
 warnings.filterwarnings('always', category=DeprecationWarning, module='ibllib')
 
 # if this becomes a full-blown library we should let the logging configuration to the discretion of the dev
diff --git a/release_notes.md b/release_notes.md
index 8fd8fac7d..49fec5713 100644
--- a/release_notes.md
+++ b/release_notes.md
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-## Develop
+## Release Note 2.35.0
 
 ## features
 - Adding LightningPose task
 
 ## bugfixes
 - SessionLoader can now handle trials that are not in the alf collection
+- Extraction of trials from pre-generated sequences supports iblrigv8 keys
 
 ## Release Note 2.34.0