diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
index 5edb8e8e90af..6a3708c4b3bf 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ api_subversion='0'
 api_version='36'
 api_versionstring='5.36.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='cc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -839,13 +839,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -980,8 +980,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1046,17 +1046,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='1'
+subversion='2'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1188,8 +1188,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.36.1'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 1'
+version='5.36.2'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 2'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=36
-PERL_SUBVERSION=1
+PERL_SUBVERSION=2
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=36
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
diff --git a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770 b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
index 9c8c159b9ab1..4133e83e63dc 100644
--- a/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
+++ b/Cross/config.sh-arm-linux-n770
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ api_subversion='0'
 api_version='36'
 api_versionstring='5.36.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
-archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+archlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
+archlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 archname64=''
 archname='armv4l-linux'
 archobjs=''
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ castflags='0'
 cat='cat'
 cc='arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
 cccdlflags='-fpic'
-ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux/CORE'
+ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux/CORE'
 ccflags='-fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccflags_uselargefiles='-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64'
 ccname='arm-linux-gcc'
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+installarchlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 installbin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -837,13 +837,13 @@ installman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installprefix='./install_me_here/usr'
 installprefixexp='./install_me_here/usr'
-installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
+installprivlib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
 installscript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+installsitearch='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 installsitebin='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+installsitelib='./install_me_here/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 installsiteman1dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='./install_me_here/usr/share/man/man3'
 installsitescript='./install_me_here/usr/bin'
@@ -978,8 +978,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
-privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.1'
+privlib='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
+privlibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/5.36.2'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1044,17 +1044,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 6, 17, 29, 31, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
-sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1/armv4l-linux'
+sitearch='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
+sitearchexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2/armv4l-linux'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelib='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 sitelib_stem='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelibexp='/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.36.2'
 siteman1dir='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/usr/share/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/usr/share/man/man3'
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/usr/include/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='1'
+subversion='2'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1186,8 +1186,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.36.1'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 1'
+version='5.36.2'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 2'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=36
-PERL_SUBVERSION=1
+PERL_SUBVERSION=2
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=36
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8731b96f64b6..a9790c64d862 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ The directories set up by Configure fall into three broad categories.
 
 =item Directories for the perl distribution
 
-By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.36.1.
+By default, Configure will use the following directories for 5.36.2.
 $version is the full perl version number, including subversion, e.g.
 5.12.3, and $archname is a string like sun4-sunos,
 determined by Configure.  The full definitions of all Configure
@@ -2506,7 +2506,7 @@ L<https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>
 
 =head1 Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5
 
-Perl 5.36.1 is not binary compatible with versions of Perl earlier than.
+Perl 5.36.2 is not binary compatible with versions of Perl earlier than.
 5.36.0.  In other words, you will have to recompile your XS modules.
 
 In general, you can usually safely upgrade from one stable version of Perl
@@ -2581,9 +2581,9 @@ won't interfere with another version.  (The defaults guarantee this for
 libraries after 5.6.0, but not for executables. TODO?)  One convenient
 way to do this is by using a separate prefix for each version, such as
 
-	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.36.1
+	sh Configure -Dprefix=/opt/perl5.36.2
 
-and adding /opt/perl5.36.1/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
+and adding /opt/perl5.36.2/bin to the shell PATH variable.  Such users
 may also wish to add a symbolic link /usr/local/bin/perl so that
 scripts can still start with #!/usr/local/bin/perl.
 
@@ -2598,11 +2598,11 @@ yet.
 
 =head2 Upgrading from 5.35.11 or earlier
 
-B<Perl 5.36.1 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.35.11 or
+B<Perl 5.36.2 may not be binary compatible with Perl 5.35.11 or
 earlier Perl releases.>  Perl modules having binary parts
 (meaning that a C compiler is used) will have to be recompiled to be
-used with 5.36.1.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
-5.36.1, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
+used with 5.36.2.  If you find you do need to rebuild an extension with
+5.36.2, you may safely do so without disturbing the older
 installations.  (See L<"Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5">
 above.)
 
@@ -2635,15 +2635,15 @@ Firstly, the bare minimum to run this script
      print("$f\n");
   }
 
-in Linux with perl-5.36.1 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
+in Linux with perl-5.36.2 is as follows (under $Config{prefix}):
 
   ./bin/perl
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/strict.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/warnings.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/feature.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/XSLoader.pm
-  ./lib/perl5/5.36.1/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/strict.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/warnings.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/i686-linux/File/Glob.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/feature.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/XSLoader.pm
+  ./lib/perl5/5.36.2/i686-linux/auto/File/Glob/Glob.so
 
 Secondly, for perl-5.10.1, the Debian perl-base package contains 591
 files, (of which 510 are for lib/unicore) totaling about 3.5MB in its
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index ddc92c778669..ee71a36b690d 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -118,6 +118,6 @@
          "url" : "https://github.com/Perl/perl5"
       }
    },
-   "version" : "5.036001",
+   "version" : "5.036002",
    "x_serialization_backend" : "JSON::PP version 4.07"
 }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index e8c10bb20f1c..090d58524391 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -105,5 +105,5 @@ resources:
   homepage: https://www.perl.org/
   license: https://dev.perl.org/licenses/
   repository: https://github.com/Perl/perl5
-version: '5.036001'
+version: '5.036002'
 x_serialization_backend: 'CPAN::Meta::YAML version 0.018'
diff --git a/Porting/config.sh b/Porting/config.sh
index cc649123294a..4a718a77187b 100644
--- a/Porting/config.sh
+++ b/Porting/config.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ api_subversion='0'
 api_version='36'
 api_versionstring='5.36.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
-archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+archlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+archlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
 archname64=''
 archname='x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
 archobjs=''
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ incpath=''
 incpth='/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/10/include /usr/local/include /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/10/include-fixed /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/10/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/include /usr/include'
 inews=''
 initialinstalllocation='/opt/perl/bin'
-installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+installarchlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
 installbin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installhtml1dir=''
 installhtml3dir=''
@@ -868,13 +868,13 @@ installman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installprefix='/opt/perl'
 installprefixexp='/opt/perl'
-installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1'
+installprivlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2'
 installscript='/opt/perl/bin'
-installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+installsitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
 installsitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 installsitehtml1dir=''
 installsitehtml3dir=''
-installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1'
+installsitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2'
 installsiteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 installsiteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
 installsitescript='/opt/perl/bin'
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ perl_static_inline='static __inline__'
 perl_thread_local=''
 perladmin='yourname@yourhost.yourplace.com'
 perllibs='-lpthread -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc'
-perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.1'
+perlpath='/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.2'
 pg='pg'
 phostname=''
 pidtype='pid_t'
@@ -1009,8 +1009,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/opt/perl'
 prefixexp='/opt/perl'
-privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1'
-privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1'
+privlib='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2'
+privlibexp='/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2'
 procselfexe='"/proc/self/exe"'
 ptrsize='8'
 quadkind='2'
@@ -1075,17 +1075,17 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 6, 17, 29, 0'
 sig_size='68'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
-sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+sitearch='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
+sitearchexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/x86_64-linux-thread-multi-ld'
 sitebin='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitebinexp='/opt/perl/bin'
 sitehtml1dir=''
 sitehtml1direxp=''
 sitehtml3dir=''
 sitehtml3direxp=''
-sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelib='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2'
 sitelib_stem='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1'
+sitelibexp='/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2'
 siteman1dir='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman1direxp='/opt/perl/man/man1'
 siteman3dir='/opt/perl/man/man3'
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ st_dev_sign='1'
 st_dev_size='4'
 st_ino_sign='1'
 st_ino_size='8'
-startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.1'
+startperl='#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.2'
 startsh='#!/bin/sh'
 static_ext=' '
 stdchar='char'
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ stdio_ptr='((fp)->_ptr)'
 stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='REENTRANT_PROTO_B_IBW'
 submit=''
-subversion='1'
+subversion='2'
 sysman='/usr/share/man/man1'
 sysroot=''
 tail=''
@@ -1224,8 +1224,8 @@ vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
 vendorscript=''
 vendorscriptexp=''
-version='5.36.1'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 1'
+version='5.36.2'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 2'
 versiononly='define'
 vi=''
 xlibpth='/usr/lib/386 /lib/386'
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ zcat=''
 zip='zip'
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=36
-PERL_SUBVERSION=1
+PERL_SUBVERSION=2
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=36
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
diff --git a/Porting/config_H b/Porting/config_H
index bf8709052b77..05625434d630 100644
--- a/Porting/config_H
+++ b/Porting/config_H
@@ -1239,8 +1239,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of ARCHLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define ARCHLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define ARCHLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2/x86_64-linux"		/**/
 
 /* BIN:
  *	This symbol holds the path of the bin directory where the package will
@@ -1293,8 +1293,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of PRIVLIB, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define PRIVLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1"		/**/
-#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.1"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2"		/**/
+#define PRIVLIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/5.36.2"		/**/
 
 /* SITEARCH:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -1311,8 +1311,8 @@
  *	This symbol contains the ~name expanded version of SITEARCH, to be used
  *	in programs that are not prepared to deal with ~ expansion at run-time.
  */
-#define SITEARCH "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/x86_64-linux"		/**/
-#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/x86_64-linux"		/**/
+#define SITEARCH_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/x86_64-linux"		/**/
 
 /* SITELIB:
  *	This symbol contains the name of the private library for this package.
@@ -1334,8 +1334,8 @@
  *	removed.  The elements in inc_version_list (inc_version_list.U) can
  *	be tacked onto this variable to generate a list of directories to search.
  */
-#define SITELIB "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1"		/**/
-#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.1"		/**/
+#define SITELIB "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2"		/**/
+#define SITELIB_EXP "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.36.2"		/**/
 #define SITELIB_STEM "/opt/perl/lib/site_perl"		/**/
 
 /* PERL_VENDORARCH:
@@ -4109,7 +4109,7 @@
  *	script to make sure (one hopes) that it runs with perl and not
  *	some shell.
  */
-#define STARTPERL "#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.1"		/**/
+#define STARTPERL "#!/opt/perl/bin/perl5.36.2"		/**/
 
 /* HAS_STDIO_STREAM_ARRAY:
  *	This symbol, if defined, tells that there is an array
diff --git a/Porting/make-rmg-checklist b/Porting/make-rmg-checklist
index 699412e7c404..e1ac17d467ad 100644
--- a/Porting/make-rmg-checklist
+++ b/Porting/make-rmg-checklist
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ my $passthru_headers = qr/^= (?: over | item | back | cut )/xms;
 
 # version used when generating diffs (acknowledgements, Module::CoreList etc)
 # 5.36.0 -> 5.34.0
-# 5.36.1 -> 5.36.0
+# 5.36.2 -> 5.36.0
 my ($major, $minor, $point) = split(/\./, $version);
 my $last_version = join('.', $major, ($point == 0 ? ($minor - 2, 0) : ($minor, $point-1)));
 
diff --git a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
index 0c18644c21fe..b43816a23587 100644
--- a/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
+++ b/Porting/perldelta_template.pod
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ died, add a short obituary here.
 
 XXX Generate this with:
 
-  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.36.1..HEAD
+  perl Porting/acknowledgements.pl v5.36.2..HEAD
 
 =head1 Reporting Bugs
 
diff --git a/Porting/todo.pod b/Porting/todo.pod
index adb6fe0c9898..b36a1377ba50 100644
--- a/Porting/todo.pod
+++ b/Porting/todo.pod
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ Natively 64-bit systems need neither -Duse64bitint nor -Duse64bitall.
 On these systems, it might be the default compilation mode, and there
 is currently no guarantee that passing no use64bitall option to the
 Configure process will build a 32bit perl. Implementing -Duse32bit*
-options would be nice for perl 5.36.1.
+options would be nice for perl 5.36.2.
 
 =head2 Profile Perl - am I hot or not?
 
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2013-01/msg00339.html>
 =head1 Big projects
 
 Tasks that will get your name mentioned in the description of the "Highlights
-of 5.36.1"
+of 5.36.2"
 
 =head2 make ithreads more robust
 
diff --git a/README.haiku b/README.haiku
index b052a72969aa..f6aeaf6cc31f 100644
--- a/README.haiku
+++ b/README.haiku
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ The build procedure is completely standard:
 Make perl executable and create a symlink for libperl:
 
   chmod a+x /boot/common/bin/perl
-  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.36.1/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
+  cd /boot/common/lib; ln -s perl5/5.36.2/BePC-haiku/CORE/libperl.so .
 
-Replace C<5.36.1> with your respective version of Perl.
+Replace C<5.36.2> with your respective version of Perl.
 
 =head1 KNOWN PROBLEMS
 
diff --git a/README.macosx b/README.macosx
index 06566f6948be..450f329aad66 100644
--- a/README.macosx
+++ b/README.macosx
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ perlmacosx - Perl under Mac OS X
 
 This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
-  curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.36.1.tar.gz
-  tar -xzf perl-5.36.1.tar.gz
-  cd perl-5.36.1
+  curl -O https://www.cpan.org/src/perl-5.36.2.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf perl-5.36.2.tar.gz
+  cd perl-5.36.2
   ./Configure -des -Dprefix=/usr/local/
   make
   make test
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This document briefly describes Perl under Mac OS X.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The latest Perl release (5.36.1 as of this writing) builds without changes
+The latest Perl release (5.36.2 as of this writing) builds without changes
 under all versions of Mac OS X from 10.3 "Panther" onwards. 
 
 In order to build your own version of Perl you will need 'make',
diff --git a/README.os2 b/README.os2
index 1f2b0201ee3e..f3ff3de3b738 100644
--- a/README.os2
+++ b/README.os2
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ C<set PERLLIB_PREFIX> in F<Config.sys>, see L</"C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>">.
 
 =item Additional Perl modules
 
-  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.36.1/
+  unzip perl_ste.zip -d f:/perllib/lib/site_perl/5.36.2/
 
 Same remark as above applies.  Additionally, if this directory is not
 one of directories on @INC (and @INC is influenced by C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>), you
diff --git a/README.vms b/README.vms
index 700777827841..4389fa86b1bf 100644
--- a/README.vms
+++ b/README.vms
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ You may need to set up a foreign symbol for the unpacking utility of
 choice.  Once you have done so, use a command like the following to
 unpack the archive:
 
-    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.36^.1.tar
+    vmstar -xvf perl-5^.36^.2.tar
 
 Then set default to the top-level source directory like so:
 
-    set default [.perl-5^.36^.1]
+    set default [.perl-5^.36^.2]
 
 and proceed with configuration as described in the next section.
 
diff --git a/hints/catamount.sh b/hints/catamount.sh
index 45c078414aa7..6d7440d80e14 100644
--- a/hints/catamount.sh
+++ b/hints/catamount.sh
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.36.1
+# mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.36.2
 # mkdir -p /opt/perl-catamount/bin
 # cp *.h /opt/perl-catamount/include
 # cp libperl.a /opt/perl-catamount/lib
-# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.36.1
+# cp -pr lib/* /opt/perl-catamount/lib/perl5/5.36.2
 # cp miniperl perl run.sh cc.sh /opt/perl-catamount/lib
 #
 # With the headers and the libperl.a you can embed Perl to your Catamount
diff --git a/lib/B/Op_private.pm b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
index 2a81755bb096..0418f2d51ec5 100644
--- a/lib/B/Op_private.pm
+++ b/lib/B/Op_private.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ package B::Op_private;
 our %bits;
 
 
-our $VERSION = "5.036001";
+our $VERSION = "5.036002";
 
 $bits{$_}{3} = 'OPpENTERSUB_AMPER' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
 $bits{$_}{6} = 'OPpENTERSUB_DB' for qw(entersub rv2cv);
diff --git a/patchlevel.h b/patchlevel.h
index 57880f126ca0..1131d335f7e6 100644
--- a/patchlevel.h
+++ b/patchlevel.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Instead use one of the version comparison macros.  See C<L</PERL_VERSION_EQ>>.
 
 #define PERL_REVISION	5		/* age */
 #define PERL_VERSION	36		/* epoch */
-#define PERL_SUBVERSION	1		/* generation */
+#define PERL_SUBVERSION	2		/* generation */
 
 /* The following numbers describe the earliest compatible version of
    Perl ("compatibility" here being defined as sufficient binary/API
diff --git a/plan9/config_sh.sample b/plan9/config_sh.sample
index 624e7cbde92c..89a17142f466 100644
--- a/plan9/config_sh.sample
+++ b/plan9/config_sh.sample
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ api_subversion='0'
 api_version='36'
 api_versionstring='5.36.0'
 ar='ar'
-archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.36.1/386'
-archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.36.1/386'
+archlib='/sys/lib/perl5/5.36.2/386'
+archlibexp='/sys/lib/perl5/5.36.2/386'
 archname64=''
 archname='386'
 archobjs=''
@@ -825,17 +825,17 @@ inc_version_list=' '
 inc_version_list_init='0'
 incpath=''
 inews=''
-installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/386'
+installarchlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/386'
 installbin='/usr/bin'
 installman1dir='/sys/man/1pub'
 installman3dir='/sys/man/2pub'
 installprefix='/usr'
 installprefixexp='/usr'
-installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1'
+installprivlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2'
 installscript='/usr/bin'
-installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl/386'
+installsitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl/386'
 installsitebin='/usr/bin'
-installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl'
+installsitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl'
 installstyle='lib/perl5'
 installusrbinperl='undef'
 installvendorarch=''
@@ -961,8 +961,8 @@ pmake=''
 pr=''
 prefix='/usr'
 prefixexp='/usr'
-privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1'
-privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1'
+privlib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2'
+privlibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2'
 procselfexe=''
 prototype='define'
 ptrsize='4'
@@ -1027,13 +1027,13 @@ sig_num='0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
 sig_num_init='0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 0'
 sig_size='50'
 signal_t='void'
-sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl/386'
+sitearch='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl/386'
 sitearchexp='/sys/lib/perl/site_perl/386'
 sitebin='/usr/bin'
 sitebinexp='/usr/bin'
-sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl'
-sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl'
-sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.1/site_perl'
+sitelib='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl'
+sitelib_stem='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl'
+sitelibexp='/sys/lib/perl/5.36.2/site_perl'
 siteprefix='/usr'
 siteprefixexp='/usr'
 sizesize='4'
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@ stdio_stream_array=''
 strerror_r_proto='0'
 strings='/sys/include/ape/string.h'
 submit=''
-subversion='1'
+subversion='2'
 sysman='/sys/man/1pub'
 tail=''
 tar=''
@@ -1149,8 +1149,8 @@ vendorlib_stem=''
 vendorlibexp=''
 vendorprefix=''
 vendorprefixexp=''
-version='5.36.1'
-version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 1'
+version='5.36.2'
+version_patchlevel_string='version 36 subversion 2'
 versiononly='undef'
 vi=''
 xlibpth=''
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ config_args=''
 config_argc=0
 PERL_REVISION=5
 PERL_VERSION=36
-PERL_SUBVERSION=1
+PERL_SUBVERSION=2
 PERL_API_REVISION=5
 PERL_API_VERSION=36
 PERL_API_SUBVERSION=0
diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index 96d4ceb7d170..e253116a5248 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ INST_TOP := $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	:= \5.36.1
+#INST_VER	:= \5.36.2
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have
diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 20e097ac249a..3214d858b907 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INST_TOP	= $(INST_DRV)\perl
 # versioned installation can be obtained by setting INST_TOP above to a
 # path that includes an arbitrary version string.
 #
-#INST_VER	= \5.36.1
+#INST_VER	= \5.36.2
 
 #
 # Comment this out if you DON'T want your perl installation to have