diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index b423dfcdd..f90a09ca3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.5-rc1 10305010
+1.3.6-rc0 10306000
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index f87c7982e..a2efc642d 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ### Updated by release.sh ###
 project.versioning.major=1
 project.versioning.minor=3
-project.versioning.patch=5
-project.versioning.build=1
+project.versioning.patch=6
+project.versioning.build=0
 project.versioning.type=rc
 #############################