doc: add OpenSSL 3.6 to README documentation links

Update README.md to include OpenSSL 3.6 in the documentation links.
Update README-FIPS.md examples to use 3.6.0 as the latest release.

Fixes #29876

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederik Wedel-Heinen <fwh.openssl@gmail.com>
MergeDate: Fri Feb 13 14:55:19 2026
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29884)

diff --git a/README-FIPS.md b/README-FIPS.md
index 160234518dbf7c99412d336202ff2e7036d8aa8d..7010500cab91b6773d5edbb263f6aed5db10eb57 100644 (file)
--- a/README-FIPS.md
+++ b/README-FIPS.md
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ which versions are FIPS validated. For this example we use OpenSSL 3.1.2.
 Download and build the latest release of OpenSSL
 ------------------------------------------------
 
-We use OpenSSL 3.5.0 here, (but you could also use the latest 3.5.X)
+We use OpenSSL 3.6.0 here, (but you could also use the latest 3.6.X)
 
-    $ wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
-    $ tar -xf openssl-3.5.0.tar.gz
-    $ cd openssl-3.5.0
+    $ wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.6.0.tar.gz
+    $ tar -xf openssl-3.6.0.tar.gz
+    $ cd openssl-3.6.0
     $ ./Configure enable-fips
     $ make
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ Copy the FIPS provider artifacts (`fips.so` & `fipsmodule.cnf`) to known locatio
 Check that the correct FIPS provider is being used
 --------------------------------------------------
 
-    $ cd ../openssl-3.5.0
+    $ cd ../openssl-3.6.0
     $./util/wrap.pl -fips apps/openssl list -provider-path providers \
     -provider fips -providers
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Check that the correct FIPS provider is being used
     Providers:
       base
         name: OpenSSL Base Provider
-        version: 3.5.0
+        version: 3.6.0
         status: active
       fips
         name: OpenSSL FIPS Provider

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d84f5ab1b9a35be2136ab17f1059cbc275087f3..adc709b5a42cf535295a84170780670cfea6b7cf 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ The manual pages for the master branch and all current stable releases are
 available online.
 
 - [OpenSSL master](https://docs.openssl.org/master/)
+- [OpenSSL 3.6](https://docs.openssl.org/3.6/)
 - [OpenSSL 3.5](https://docs.openssl.org/3.5/)
 - [OpenSSL 3.4](https://docs.openssl.org/3.4/)
 - [OpenSSL 3.3](https://docs.openssl.org/3.3/)