diff --git a/release-notes/opensearch-performance-analyzer.release-notes-3.6.0.0.md b/release-notes/opensearch-performance-analyzer.release-notes-3.6.0.0.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7297cf02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-notes/opensearch-performance-analyzer.release-notes-3.6.0.0.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+## Version 3.6.0 Release Notes
+
+Compatible with OpenSearch and OpenSearch Dashboards version 3.6.0
+
+### Features
+
+* Add shard operations collector and optimized node stats collector ([#824](https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer/pull/824))
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix CVE-2025-68161 by force resolving log4j dependencies ([#932](https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer/pull/932))
+
+### Infrastructure
+
+* Disable dependencyLicenses check to align with other plugin repos ([#926](https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer/pull/926))
+* Make performance-analyzer plugin aware of FIPS build parameter for proper BouncyCastle dependency handling ([#915](https://github.com/opensearch-project/performance-analyzer/pull/915))