diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## CHANGES WITH 36:
+
+  * Add support for official RHEL EC2 SAP image on RHEL-9.0
+  * Add support for official RHEL EC2 SAP image on RHEL-8.6
+  * Add support for RHEL 8.6
+
+Contributions from: Achilleas Koutsou, Diaa Sami, Jakub Rusz, Martin Sehnoutka,
+                    Ondřej Budai, Sanne Raymaekers, Simon Steinbeiss,
+                    Tom Gundersen, Tomas Hozza,
+
+— Berlin, 2021-10-13
+
 ## CHANGES WITH 35:
 
   * Change filesystem minsize from int, which is platform dependent, to uint64
diff --git a/docs/news/unreleased/rhel-9.0-ec2-sap-image.md b/docs/news/36/rhel-9.0-ec2-sap-image.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/news/unreleased/rhel-9.0-ec2-sap-image.md
rename to docs/news/36/rhel-9.0-ec2-sap-image.md
diff --git a/docs/news/unreleased/rhel8.6-ec2-sap-image.md b/docs/news/36/rhel8.6-ec2-sap-image.md
similarity index 100%
rename from docs/news/unreleased/rhel8.6-ec2-sap-image.md
rename to docs/news/36/rhel8.6-ec2-sap-image.md
diff --git a/docs/news/unreleased/rhel8.6-support.md b/docs/news/36/rhel8.6-support.md
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rename from docs/news/unreleased/rhel8.6-support.md
rename to docs/news/36/rhel8.6-support.md
diff --git a/osbuild-composer.spec b/osbuild-composer.spec
index ddf21f1da..a2bb41ff1 100644
--- a/osbuild-composer.spec
+++ b/osbuild-composer.spec
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 %global goipath         github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer
 
-Version:        35
+Version:        36
 
 %gometa