diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index b76870f425..50101a85c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Security Check
         run: tox -e bandit
       - name: Safety Check
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Pylint check
         run: |
           tox -e pylint
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           pip install --user --upgrade setuptools
           # install Protobuf compiler
           wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.19.4/protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           pip install --user --upgrade setuptools
       - name: Copyright Check
         run: tox -e check-copyright
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Install markdown-spellcheck
         run: sudo npm install -g markdown-spellcheck
       - name: Check API Docs updated
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Check Docs links and IPFS hashes
         run: tox -e check-doc-links-hashes
 
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       - name: Install tox
         run: |
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Check Pipfile and tox.ini consistency
         run: |
           python ./scripts/check_pipfile_and_toxini.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       - name: Install tox
         run: |
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Check plugin aea-ledger-cosmos
         run: |
           tox -r -e plugins_env -- sh -c "pip install ./plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos && aea generate-key cosmos && echo aea-ledger-cosmos checked!"
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           # install Protobuf compiler
           wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.19.4/protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip
           unzip protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip -d protoc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           # install Protobuf compiler
           wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.19.4/protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip
           unzip protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip -d protoc
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
       - name: Framework integration tests
         run: tox -e py3.10 -- -m 'integration and not unstable and ledger and not profiling'
       - name: Packages integration tests
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
           sudo apt-get autoremove
           sudo apt-get autoclean
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           # install Protobuf compiler
           wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.19.4/protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip
           unzip protoc-3.19.4-linux-x86_64.zip -d protoc
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ jobs:
       - if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
         name: Install dependencies (macos-latest)
         run: |
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           brew install gcc
           # brew install protobuf
           # brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/72457f0166d5619a83f508f2345b22d0617b5021/Formula/protobuf.rb
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ jobs:
           choco install make -y
           # to check make was installed
           make --version
-          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tox]==0.2.13
           # wget https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.19.4/protoc-3.19.4-win64.zip
           # unzip protoc-3.19.4-win64.zip -d protoc
           # sudo mv protoc/bin/protoc /usr/local/bin/protoc
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ jobs:
       - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python_version == '3.10'
         name: Show full coverage report
         run: |
-          pip install tomte[tests]==0.2.4
+          pip install tomte[tests]==0.2.13
           coverage report -m -i
 
       - if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.python_version == '3.10'
diff --git a/.spelling b/.spelling
index df66c8ba93..8c0b795b72 100644
--- a/.spelling
+++ b/.spelling
@@ -372,4 +372,9 @@ ABI
 ERC20
 WETH
 Solana
-plug-in
\ No newline at end of file
+plug-in
+0.6.0
+cosmpy
+tomte
+pyyaml
+1.36.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index a8c4197f58..04ad39a151 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Release History - open AEA
 
+
+## 1.36.0 (2023-07-19)
+
+Plugins:
+- cosmpy updated to 0.6.0
+
+Framework:
+- pyyaml updated, tomte updated  
+
+
 ## 1.35.0 (2023-06-20)
 
 Plugins:
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index f877354fc0..acda13aa23 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ The following table shows which versions of `open-aea` are currently being suppo
 
 | Version   | Supported          |
 | --------- | ------------------ |
-| `1.35.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
-| `< 1.35.0` | :x:                |
+| `1.36.x`   | :white_check_mark: |
+| `< 1.36.0` | :x:                |
 
 ## Reporting a Vulnerability
 
diff --git a/aea/__version__.py b/aea/__version__.py
index 1ad9d362df..32adbfabb8 100644
--- a/aea/__version__.py
+++ b/aea/__version__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __title__ = "open-aea"
 __description__ = "Open Autonomous Economic Agent framework (without vendor lock-in)"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea.git"
-__version__ = "1.35.0"
+__version__ = "1.36.0"
 __author__ = "Valory AG"
 __license__ = "Apache-2.0"
 __copyright__ = "2021 Valory AG, 2019 Fetch.AI Limited"
diff --git a/deploy-image/Dockerfile b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
index a4736b07ec..69c33cf2b8 100644
--- a/deploy-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy-image/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.35.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.35.0"
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall open-aea[all]==1.36.0 "open-aea-cli-ipfs<2.0.0,>=1.36.0"
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 WORKDIR /home/agents
diff --git a/deploy-image/README.md b/deploy-image/README.md
index f9c941dcd3..e0fc5655ed 100644
--- a/deploy-image/README.md
+++ b/deploy-image/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The example uses the `fetchai/my_first_aea` project. You will likely want to mod
 Install subversion, then download the example directory to your local working directory
 
 ``` bash
-svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.35.0/packages packages
+svn checkout https://github.com/valory-xyz/open-aea/tags/v1.36.0/packages packages
 ```
 
 ### Modify scripts
diff --git a/develop-image/docker-env.sh b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
index abf6b4cd1b..8d8dabfee6 100755
--- a/develop-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/develop-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.35.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:1.36.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-develop:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..
diff --git a/docs-image/Dockerfile b/docs-image/Dockerfile
index 905b76dd44..f0be33419c 100644
--- a/docs-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/docs-image/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 COPY docs/ /build/docs
 COPY mkdocs.yml /build
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install "tomte[docs]==0.2.4"
+RUN python3 -m pip install "tomte[docs]==0.2.13"
 RUN python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/pugong/mkdocs-mermaid-plugin.git
 RUN mkdocs build
 
diff --git a/docs/upgrading.md b/docs/upgrading.md
index fb463fb889..e6e81b6fa2 100644
--- a/docs/upgrading.md
+++ b/docs/upgrading.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ Below we describe the additional manual steps required to upgrade between differ
 
 ### Upgrade guide
 
+## `v1.35.0` to `v1.36.0`
+
+- No backwards incompatible changes
+  
+
 ## `v1.34.0` to `v1.35.0`
 
 - No backwards incompatible changes
diff --git a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
index d2864c0490..bd5d610f50 100644
--- a/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/tac_deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache go
 
 # aea installation
 RUN python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall aea[all]==1.35.0
+RUN pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall aea[all]==1.36.0
 
 # directories and aea cli config
 COPY /.aea /home/.aea
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
index 74b97067d2..3eae875ef8 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-benchmark/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-benchmark",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for AEA framework benchmarking.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
index 628e31d684..f99e927fed 100755
--- a/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-cli-ipfs/setup.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-cli-ipfs",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="CLI extension for open AEA framework wrapping IPFS functionality.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
index 1e175cb24c..495cab3bbb 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-cosmos/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-cosmos",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Cosmos.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
index 616f1fdef0..4c14c885f4 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-flashbots",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package extending the default open-aea ethereum ledger plugin to add support for flashbots.",
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     },
     python_requires=">=3.9,<4.0",
     install_requires=[
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.35.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.36.0",
         "flashbots==1.1.1",
     ],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
index 5a33e9d7df..1b7ac5d337 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum-hwi",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and support for hardware wallet interactions.",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         "web3==5.31.4",
         "ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2",
         "eth-account>=0.5.9,<0.6.0",
-        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.35.0",
+        "open-aea-ledger-ethereum~=1.36.0",
         "apduboy>=0.5.0",
         "protobuf==3.19.5",
         "construct<=2.10.61",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
index 443bc8fb5c..fe4640c59b 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-ethereum/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-ethereum",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of Ethereum.",
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
index f4d5adedfb..af6bc291c4 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-fetchai/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-fetchai",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="Valory AG",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger API of Fetch.AI.",
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
             "test_tools/data/*",
         ]
     },
-    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.35.0"],
+    install_requires=["open-aea-ledger-cosmos~=1.36.0"],
     tests_require=["pytest"],
     entry_points={
         "aea.cryptos": ["fetchai = aea_ledger_fetchai:FetchAICrypto"],
diff --git a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
index da9ae473cc..39997c7cc1 100644
--- a/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
+++ b/plugins/aea-ledger-solana/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="open-aea-ledger-solana",
-    version="1.35.0",
+    version="1.36.0",
     author="dassy23",
     license="Apache-2.0",
     description="Python package wrapping the public and private key cryptography and ledger api of solana.",
diff --git a/scripts/install.ps1 b/scripts/install.ps1
index 93234425f7..0a470f49de 100644
--- a/scripts/install.ps1
+++ b/scripts/install.ps1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function instal_choco_golang_gcc {
 }
 function install_aea {
 	echo "Install aea"
-    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.35.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
+    $output=pip install open-aea[all]==1.36.0 --force --no-cache-dir 2>&1 |out-string;
     if ($LastExitCode -ne 0) {
         echo $output
         echo "AEA install failed!"
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 986cddf7e4..0b508be39d 100755
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function is_python_version_ok() {
 
 function install_aea (){
 	echo "Install AEA"
-	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.35.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
+	output=$(pip3 install --user open-aea[all]==1.36.0 --force --no-cache-dir)
 	if [[  $? -ne 0 ]];
 	then
 		echo "$output"
diff --git a/skaffold.yaml b/skaffold.yaml
index 58a54910a3..efdf0928df 100644
--- a/skaffold.yaml
+++ b/skaffold.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ metadata:
 build:
   tagPolicy:
     envTemplate:
-      template: "1.35.0"
+      template: "1.36.0"
   artifacts:
   - image: valory/open-aea-develop
     docker:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ profiles:
     build:
       tagPolicy:
         envTemplate:
-          template: "1.35.0"
+          template: "1.36.0"
       artifacts:
       - image: valory/open-aea-docs
         docker:
diff --git a/user-image/docker-env.sh b/user-image/docker-env.sh
index aedd4cd22d..1080d8ad85 100644
--- a/user-image/docker-env.sh
+++ b/user-image/docker-env.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Swap the following lines if you want to work with 'latest'
-DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.35.0
+DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:1.36.0
 # DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=valory/open-aea-user:latest
 
 DOCKER_BUILD_CONTEXT_DIR=..