diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: cli
 Title: Helpers for Developing Command Line Interfaces
-Version: 3.6.1.9000
+Version: 3.6.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Gábor", "Csárdi", , "csardi.gabor@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "ctb"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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+++ b/NEWS.md
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-# cli (development version)
+# cli 3.6.2
 
 * `ansi_collapse(x, trunc = 1, style = "head")` now indeed shows one
   element if `length(x) == 2`, as documented (@salim-b, #572).