diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7390c3433dee854cb6d436847484ee51016257fe..f35737d5b8d0f04ed6368d7f5ecc896327d83f94 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Changes between 3.6.0 and 3.6.1:
+------------------
+ * Behavior and crash fixes
+
 Changes between 3.6.0 Beta 6 and 3.6.0:
 ------------------
  * Improve the orientation user experience in the video player
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1db80d7528218ffe863e7c845ce531ed29f92d04..d14851c07c14b9a674dedacc52ce1f0f6c506888 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ allprojects {
 
 ext {
     appId = "org.videolan.vlc"
-    versionCode = 3060000
-    versionName = project.hasProperty('forceVlc4') && project.getProperty('forceVlc4') ? '4.0.0-preview - ' + versionCode : '3.6.0'
+    versionCode = 3060100
+    versionName = project.hasProperty('forceVlc4') && project.getProperty('forceVlc4') ? '4.0.0-preview - ' + versionCode : '3.6.1'
     vlcMajorVersion = project.hasProperty('forceVlc4') && project.getProperty('forceVlc4') ? 4 : 3
     remoteAccessVersion = '0.1.2'
     libvlcVersion = vlcMajorVersion == 3 ? '3.6.0-eap14' :'4.0.0-eap17'