From 4c31738af67ad3e74fe17da9f4d159cbbacb73f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yliao <yliao@google.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 17:29:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 243274abd6..009730b99f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# v36.0.0a2
+
+Kubernetes API Version: v1.36.0
+
+
 # v36.0.0a1
 
 Kubernetes API Version: v1.36.0

From 29ab7404c824e9eabf5661b78fcc77a932cec305 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yliao <yliao@google.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 17:33:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] updated compatibility matrix and maintenance status

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b013653552..277f149676 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ supported versions of Kubernetes clusters.
 - [client 33.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/33.1.0/): Kubernetes 1.32 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.33 (✓), Kubernetes 1.34 or above (+-)
 - [client 34.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/34.1.0/): Kubernetes 1.33 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.34 (✓), Kubernetes 1.35 or above (+-)
 - [client 35.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/35.0.0/): Kubernetes 1.34 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.35 (✓), Kubernetes 1.36 or above (+-)
-- [client 36.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/36.0.0a1/): Kubernetes 1.35 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.36 (✓), Kubernetes 1.37 or above (+-)
+- [client 36.y.z](https://pypi.org/project/kubernetes/36.0.0a2/): Kubernetes 1.35 or below (+-), Kubernetes 1.36 (✓), Kubernetes 1.37 or above (+-)
 
 
 > See [here](#homogenizing-the-kubernetes-python-client-versions) for an explanation of why there is no v13-v16 release.

From 64410bf004512e903aca428492ec2739a3722d08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yliao <yliao@google.com>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 18:37:02 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] update setup-release.py during release

---
 scripts/update-client.sh | 3 +++
 setup-release.py         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/update-client.sh b/scripts/update-client.sh
index 7d9c0faef8..fffdf30ea5 100755
--- a/scripts/update-client.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-client.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ sed -i'' "s/^CLIENT_VERSION = .*/CLIENT_VERSION = \\\"${CLIENT_VERSION}\\\"/" "$
 sed -i'' "s/^__version__ = .*/__version__ = \\\"${CLIENT_VERSION}\\\"/" "${CLIENT_ROOT}/__init__.py"
 sed -i'' "s/^PACKAGE_NAME = .*/PACKAGE_NAME = \\\"${PACKAGE_NAME}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
 sed -i'' "s,^DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = .*,DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = \\\"${DEVELOPMENT_STATUS}\\\"," "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup.py"
+sed -i'' "s/^CLIENT_VERSION = .*/CLIENT_VERSION = \\\"${CLIENT_VERSION}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup-release.py"
+sed -i'' "s/^PACKAGE_NAME = .*/PACKAGE_NAME = \\\"${PACKAGE_NAME}\\\"/" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup-release.py"
+sed -i'' "s,^DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = .*,DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = \\\"${DEVELOPMENT_STATUS}\\\"," "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../setup-release.py"
 
 # This is a terrible hack:
 # first, this must be in gen repo not here
diff --git a/setup-release.py b/setup-release.py
index 46cbd14eda..159974488d 100644
--- a/setup-release.py
+++ b/setup-release.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 # Do not edit these constants. They will be updated automatically
 # by scripts/update-client.sh.
-CLIENT_VERSION = "36.0.0+snapshot"
+CLIENT_VERSION = "36.0.0a2"
 PACKAGE_NAME = "kubernetes"
 DEVELOPMENT_STATUS = "3 - Alpha"