diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb0effdc..3a16c3b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Optimizely Python SDK Changelog
 
+## 3.6.0-beta
+September 22st, 2020
+
+### New Features:
+* Version targeting using semantic version syntax [#293](https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/pull/293).
+* Datafile accessor API added to access current config as a json string [#283](https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/pull/283).
+
+### Bug Fixes:
+* Fixed package installation for Python 3.4 and pypy [#298](https://github.com/optimizely/python-sdk/pull/298).
+
 ## 3.5.2
 July 14th, 2020
 
diff --git a/optimizely/version.py b/optimizely/version.py
index d7880e2c..71c41bbf 100644
--- a/optimizely/version.py
+++ b/optimizely/version.py
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-version_info = (3, 5, 2)
+version_info = (3, 6, '0-beta')
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(v) for v in version_info)