diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
index 1dcf7aa7..bcc28d60 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ type: application
 version: 0.2.0
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application.
-appVersion: v1.35.0
+appVersion: v1.36.0
 maintainers:
   - name: "foundationdb-ci"
diff --git a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
index 288fd31a..bf8b096e 100644
--- a/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/fdb-operator/values.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 image:
   repository: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator
-  tag: v1.35.0
+  tag: v1.36.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 initContainers:
   6.2:
diff --git a/config/deployment/manager.yaml b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
index e8c4eabf..fc07978e 100644
--- a/config/deployment/manager.yaml
+++ b/config/deployment/manager.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - command:
             - /manager
-          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.35.0
+          image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.36.0
           name: manager
           env:
             - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/config/samples/deployment.yaml b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
index 6c55c1a3..501a95fa 100644
--- a/config/samples/deployment.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/deployment.yaml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             fieldRef:
               fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.35.0
+        image: foundationdb/fdb-kubernetes-operator:v1.36.0
         name: manager
         ports:
         - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/docs/changelog/v1.36.0.md b/docs/changelog/v1.36.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f07a990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/v1.36.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# v1.36.0
+
+## Changes
+
+### Operator
+
+* Documentation updates for fault domain and ADDITIONAL_ENV_FILE [#1980](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1980)
+* Add additional documentation for the copied cluster-file [#1978](https://github.com/FoundationDB/fdb-kubernetes-operator/pull/1978)