Prepare for release of 3.3.6


Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
MergeDate: Tue Jan 27 14:05:51 2026
Release: yes

CHANGES.md

diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 5cab7fc..3749645 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 OpenSSL 3.3
 -----------
 
-### Changes between 3.3.5 and 3.3.6 [xx XXX xxxx]
+### Changes between 3.3.5 and 3.3.6 [27 Jan 2026]
 
  * Fixed Stack buffer overflow in CMS `AuthEnvelopedData` parsing.
 

NEWS.md

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 6ee7d65..cc87ff9 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 OpenSSL 3.3
 -----------
 
-### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.3.5 and OpenSSL 3.3.6 [under development]
+### Major changes between OpenSSL 3.3.5 and OpenSSL 3.3.6 [27 Jan 2026]
 
 OpenSSL 3.3.6 is a security patch release. The most severe CVE fixed in this
 release is High.

VERSION.dat

diff --git a/VERSION.dat b/VERSION.dat
index f0ea235..cb52632 100644
--- a/VERSION.dat
+++ b/VERSION.dat
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MAJOR=3
 MINOR=3
 PATCH=6
-PRE_RELEASE_TAG=dev
+PRE_RELEASE_TAG=
 BUILD_METADATA=
-RELEASE_DATE=""
+RELEASE_DATE="27 Jan 2026"
 SHLIB_VERSION=3