diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 605c095d5..ab4e51c67 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.34.0
+v0.35.0
diff --git a/docs/releases/v0.35.0.md b/docs/releases/v0.35.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10503a835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/v0.35.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [v0.35.0](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/tree/v0.35.0) (2023-11-01)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/compare/v0.34.0...v0.35.0)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Warning: StatsD Receiver → EMF Exporter Metric Pipeline Breaking Change [\#2249](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/issues/2249)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Remove prometheus feature gate disable [\#2455](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/2455) ([bryan-aguilar](https://github.com/bryan-aguilar))
+- \[chore\] update dependencies to v0.88.0 [\#2433](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/2433) ([bryan-aguilar](https://github.com/bryan-aguilar))
+- \[aoc-collector non-root user\]: Create and use a new user for the container image [\#2301](https://github.com/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/pull/2301) ([PaurushGarg](https://github.com/PaurushGarg))
+
+\* *This Changelog was automatically generated by [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/github-changelog-generator/github-changelog-generator)*
diff --git a/tools/packaging/windows/aws-otel-collector.wxs b/tools/packaging/windows/aws-otel-collector.wxs
index eac9ae7af..71efa16a0 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/windows/aws-otel-collector.wxs
+++ b/tools/packaging/windows/aws-otel-collector.wxs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <Product Id="EBBD8548-75D1-41D3-A402-ABE189F0C167"
 UpgradeCode="B7C263DD-95A5-436A-A025-DCA5200C2BE3"
 Name="ADOT Collector"
-Version="0.34.0"
+Version="0.35.0"
 Codepage='1252'
 Manufacturer="Amazon.com, Inc."
 Language="1033">