Prepare for release of 3.6.0

Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Release: yes

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 96ad259e228f0d09d5bd5372c7bade4e2d6dc8a9..ec329bc7d654d457e39f316833f5d13b0dc5b60d 100644 (file)
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.5 and 3.6.0 [1 Oct 2025]
 
  * Added support for `EVP_SKEY` opaque symmetric key objects to the key
    derivation and key exchange provider methods.  Added

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 5ee0b67c91b32d44c64a648cbf0d8fd82d094b0e..d6ed8a486b889dae1050f4b1c2cdeb462981d687 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ OpenSSL Releases
 OpenSSL 3.6
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.5 and OpenSSL 3.6.0 [1 Oct 2025]
 
 This release incorporates the following potentially significant or incompatible
 changes:

diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index 008016d2fa0ff47d54dedd55335b37c6da3d2cfa..cd54c7d895ab53cdaf8411a8843cfc3675aec599 100644 (file)
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=6
 PATCH=0
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=beta2-dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="1 Oct 2025"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3