diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2b214e8..5ea1ec1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "dusk-poseidon"
-version = "0.36.0"
+version = "0.37.0-rc.0"
 description = "Implementation of Poseidon hash algorithm over the Bls12-381 Scalar field."
 categories = ["algorithms", "cryptography", "no-std", "wasm"]
 keywords = ["cryptography", "zero-knowledge", "crypto"]