From c66b4e9abd6956b09224587486d767b3ad1a8cb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@ibm.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:20:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare release 0.36.1 (#2145)

---
 docs/conf.py                          | 2 +-
 pyproject.toml                        | 2 +-
 release-notes/0.36.1.rst              | 8 ++++++++
 release-notes/unreleased/2144.bug.rst | 2 --
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 release-notes/0.36.1.rst
 delete mode 100644 release-notes/unreleased/2144.bug.rst

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b0b110a22..36df1648c 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version
 version = ''
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.36.0'
+release = '0.36.1'
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 015d36fe1..33572d31a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ zip-safe = false
 root = "."
 write_to = "qiskit_ibm_runtime/VERSION.txt"
 version_scheme = "release-branch-semver"
-fallback_version = "0.36.0"
+fallback_version = "0.36.1"
 
 [project]
 name = "qiskit-ibm-runtime"
diff --git a/release-notes/0.36.1.rst b/release-notes/0.36.1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..805f2f1fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/0.36.1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+0.36.1 (2025-02-14)
+===================
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Fixed an issue where not having ``qiskit-aer`` installed would 
+  cause an import error. (`2144 <https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit-ibm-runtime/pull/2144>`__)
diff --git a/release-notes/unreleased/2144.bug.rst b/release-notes/unreleased/2144.bug.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3150dfaa4..000000000
--- a/release-notes/unreleased/2144.bug.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed an issue where having ``qiskit-aer`` not installed would 
-cause an import error.
\ No newline at end of file