diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 # ChangeLog
 
-## Unreleased
+## [0.8.36] - 2023-09-27
+
+### New Features
+- add "build RAG from scratch notebook" - OSS/local  (#7864)
 
 ### Bug Fixes / Nits
 - Fix elasticsearch hybrid scoring (#7852)
diff --git a/llama_index/VERSION b/llama_index/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.8.35
+0.8.36