diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 594e5a7..4da3983 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.37
+==================================
+* repos.conf: Use openpgp-keys-* as key provider for gemato
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 654390 use asyncio's default event loop
+    - Bug 655414 fix has/best_version for cross-prefix portageq
+    - Bug 655860 fix ROOT overrides for has/best_version
+
+
 portage-2.3.36
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25bb300..94248cc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.36',
+	version = '2.3.37',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',