diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cc0421e2..08c15a7dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.36.1
+
+**Release date:** 2023-09-18
+
+This prerelease addresses a regression in which the captured Helm logs used in
+a failure event would not include Helm's Kubernetes client logs, making it more
+difficult to reason about e.g. timeout errors.
+
+In addition, it contains a fix for the default service account used for the
+(experimental) differ, and dependency updates of several dependencies.
+
+Fixes:
+- runner: address regression in captured Helm logs
+  [#767](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/767)
+- Check source for nil artifact before loading chart
+  [#768](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/768)
+- controller: use `DefaultServiceAccount` in differ
+  [#774](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/774)
+
+Improvements:
+- build(deps): bump the ci group dependencies
+  [#761](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/761)
+  [#762](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/762)
+  [#766](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/766)
+  [#773](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/773)
+- build(deps): bump github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin from 0.2.3 to 0.2.4
+  [#764](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/764)
+- Update source-controller to v1.1.1
+  [#775](https://github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/pull/775)
+
 ## 0.36.0
 
 **Release date:** 2023-08-23
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 3af176ea2..94a388e5a 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: fluxcd/helm-controller
     newName: fluxcd/helm-controller
-    newTag: v0.36.0
+    newTag: v0.36.1
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6b31dd4fd..769caee35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ replace (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.36.0
+	github.com/fluxcd/helm-controller/api v0.36.1
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/acl v0.1.0
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/event v0.5.2
 	github.com/fluxcd/pkg/apis/kustomize v1.1.1