diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 9fa2aaa5..d82abb2a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.35.0"
+  ".": "1.36.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 260ccda6..9ea0500d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.36.0](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/compare/v1.35.0...v1.36.0) (2026-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **husk:** pre-warm a dormant child VMM to cut the fork spawn latency ([#851](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues/851)) ([ca09c90](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/commit/ca09c90b5425c00d789aad2eee637c5871cd3fda))
+
 ## [1.35.0](https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/compare/v1.34.0...v1.35.0) (2026-07-08)
 
 
diff --git a/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml b/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
index e6da0658..16a4fe93 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/mitos/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ name: mitos
 # lifecycle through the mitos.run CRDs.
 description: Snapshot-fork sandboxes for AI agents on Kubernetes.
 type: application
-version: 1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
-appVersion: "v1.35.0" # x-release-please-version
+version: 1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: "v1.36.0" # x-release-please-version
 kubeVersion: ">=1.29.0-0"
 keywords:
   - sandbox
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ annotations:
       url: https://github.com/mitos-run/mitos/issues
   artifacthub.io/images: |
     - name: controller
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-controller:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-controller:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: forkd
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-forkd:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-forkd:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: husk-stub
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-husk-stub:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-husk-stub:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: kvm-device-plugin
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-kvm-device-plugin:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-kvm-device-plugin:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: facade
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-facade:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-facade:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: console
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-console:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-console:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
     - name: gateway
-      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-gateway:v1.35.0 # x-release-please-version
+      image: ghcr.io/mitos-run/mitos-gateway:v1.36.0 # x-release-please-version
   artifacthub.io/crds: |
     - kind: SandboxPool
       version: v1