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From: "github-actions[bot]"
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Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 16:00:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Version Bump (#524)

* pre release version bump

* Update pre_release_version_bump.yml

* trigger CI

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Co-authored-by: astralcai <astralcai@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Astral Cai <astral.cai@xanadu.ai>
---
 .github/workflows/pre_release_version_bump.yml |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                                   | 10 +---------
 pennylane_qiskit/_version.py                   |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre_release_version_bump.yml b/.github/workflows/pre_release_version_bump.yml
index c68245adb..22a6473ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre_release_version_bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre_release_version_bump.yml
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ jobs:
           title: Version Bump
           body: updated changelog and _version.py
           branch: pre-release-version-bump
-          reviewers: rmoyard
+          reviewers: astralcai
           base: master
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7fd48a83..feff32a62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Release 0.36.0-dev
+# Release 0.36.0
 
 ### New features since last release
 
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@
   `'qiskit==0.45'` and `qiskit-ibm-runtime<0.21` to monitor backward-compatibility.
   [(#508)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-qiskit/pull/508)
 
-### Breaking changes 💔
-
-### Deprecations 👋
-
-### Documentation 📝
-
-### Bug fixes 🐛
-
 ### Contributors ✍️
 
 This release contains contributions from (in alphabetical order):
diff --git a/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py b/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
index c07f9fce8..c20d9763e 100644
--- a/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_qiskit/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.36.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.36.0"