diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3444e27fc6d6288537181c5e21c6949881d5cc34..de61579114027f6422a5021ea2b83407df33b9b2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# [3.6.0](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.5.2...3.6.0) (2023-11-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add vault variant ([dd6fac6](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/commit/dd6fac6c0faa6180302d6cc644d731ed2ee77a27))
+
 ## [3.5.2](https://gitlab.com/to-be-continuous/semantic-release/compare/3.5.1...3.5.2) (2023-10-16)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc14620356bd3625d14f40e145b028759196955..67c6926266de9b1ded4015ba379d3f9b0e217e69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In order to include this template in your project, add the following to your `gi
 ```yaml
 include:
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.5.2'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
 ```
 
@@ -218,11 +218,11 @@ With:
 include:
   # main template
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.5.2'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml'
   # Vault variant
   - project: 'to-be-continuous/semantic-release'
-    ref: '3.5.2'
+    ref: '3.6.0'
     file: '/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml'
 
 variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
index 758349cb7dfe849f9772f69117adcc050f84aa76..53f26736ae3e8fde6f66f639d3e055a1a2a08726 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel-vault.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ variables:
 .semrel-base:
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.5.2" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.6.0" ]
     - name: "$TBC_VAULT_IMAGE"
       alias: "vault-secrets-provider"
   variables:
diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
index b6b4c71099e2ee0874e10c766011bcefb346248b..3192bc1f381645223d81c1991e67ec59ebec0381 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-semrel.yml
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ stages:
   image: $SEMREL_IMAGE
   services:
     - name: "$TBC_TRACKING_IMAGE"
-      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.5.2" ]
+      command: ["--service", "semrel", "3.6.0" ]
   before_script:
     - *semrel-scripts
     - install_ca_certs "${CUSTOM_CA_CERTS:-$DEFAULT_CA_CERTS}"