diff --git a/doc/_static/switcher.json b/doc/_static/switcher.json
index 512f12a212..8109b1d5be 100644
--- a/doc/_static/switcher.json
+++ b/doc/_static/switcher.json
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 [
     {
-        "name": "3.5 (stable)",
+        "name": "3.6 (stable)",
         "version": "stable",
         "url": "https://matplotlib.org/stable/"
     },
     {
-        "name": "3.6 (dev)",
+        "name": "3.7 (dev)",
         "version": "devdocs",
         "url": "https://matplotlib.org/devdocs/"
     },
+    {
+        "name": "3.5",
+        "version": "3.5.3",
+        "url": "https://matplotlib.org/3.5.3/"
+    },
     {
         "name": "3.4",
         "version": "3.4.3",
diff --git a/doc/devel/release_guide.rst b/doc/devel/release_guide.rst
index 3f49631d00..0d31781a17 100644
--- a/doc/devel/release_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/devel/release_guide.rst
@@ -290,6 +290,14 @@ to :file:`tools/cache_zenodo_svg.py`, and the changes to
   git commit -a
   git push DANGER v2.0.0-doc:v2.0.0-doc
 
+Additionally, for a minor release the :file:`doc/_static/switcher.json` file
+will need to be updated to correctly identify the new stable and development
+release numbers ::
+
+  $EDITOR doc/_static/switcher.json
+  git commit -a
+  git push DANGER v2.0.0-doc:v2.0.0-doc
+
 .. _release_bld_bin: