diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d22fd799f6..20ab8bc7fe 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.5-SNAPSHOT")
+    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.6-SNAPSHOT")
     buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
     version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
     opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'