diff --git a/build/dependencies.props b/build/dependencies.props
index f199b0453..95444f30c 100644
--- a/build/dependencies.props
+++ b/build/dependencies.props
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <BenchmarkDotNetPackageVersion>0.12.1</BenchmarkDotNetPackageVersion>
     <GoogleProtobufPackageVersion>3.15.5</GoogleProtobufPackageVersion>
     <GrpcDotNetPackageVersion>2.33.1</GrpcDotNetPackageVersion>  <!-- Used by example projects -->
-    <GrpcPackageVersion>2.35.0</GrpcPackageVersion>
+    <GrpcPackageVersion>2.36.1</GrpcPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion>5.0.3</MicrosoftAspNetCoreAppPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftAspNetCoreApp31PackageVersion>3.1.3</MicrosoftAspNetCoreApp31PackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>1.2.2</MicrosoftBuildLocatorPackageVersion>
diff --git a/build/version.props b/build/version.props
index 39833c850..f3f971851 100644
--- a/build/version.props
+++ b/build/version.props
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
 
     <!-- package version of grpc-dotnet -->
-    <GrpcDotnetVersion>2.35.0-dev</GrpcDotnetVersion>
+    <GrpcDotnetVersion>2.36.0-dev</GrpcDotnetVersion>
     
     <!-- assembly version of grpc-dotnet -->
     <GrpcDotnetAssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</GrpcDotnetAssemblyVersion>
 
     <!-- file version of all grpc-dotnet -->
-    <GrpcDotnetAssemblyFileVersion>2.35.0.0</GrpcDotnetAssemblyFileVersion>
+    <GrpcDotnetAssemblyFileVersion>2.36.0.0</GrpcDotnetAssemblyFileVersion>
 
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>