diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 5c6aa11..4b02a07 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.4.35"
+  ".": "0.4.36"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d06475..027ae5d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.4.36](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/compare/v0.4.35...v0.4.36) (2026-06-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **site:** Windows installer pickup + light-mode god-rays + stale-cache bypass ([#182](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/issues/182)) ([2829bfc](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/commit/2829bfc9301f47e2ad7cd0df1253fed0616c85ae))
+* **update:** dev build of current release no longer self-reports an upgrade ([#186](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/issues/186)) ([389d081](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/commit/389d08127b5a9d40dfb33cfeb7f44a7259fb7eb0))
+
 ## [0.4.35](https://github.com/stuffbucket/maximal/compare/v0.4.34...v0.4.35) (2026-06-24)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1a053c..d90af33 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/package.json",
   "name": "@stuffbucket/maximal",
-  "version": "0.4.35",
+  "version": "0.4.36",
   "description": "Local proxy that exposes GitHub Copilot as OpenAI- and Anthropic-compatible HTTP endpoints.",
   "keywords": [
     "proxy",