diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 ## MIToS.jl Release Notes
 
+### Changes from v3.5.0 to v3.6.0
+
+- Fixed a minor bug that caused `get_n_words` to return a first empty string when 
+  the string started with a separator character. Now, `get_n_words` correctly returns 
+  only the actual words ignoring leading separators.
+
 ### Changes from v3.4.6 to v3.5.0
 
 - Fixed PDB downloads by switching the `downloadpdb` default `baseurl` to the new RCSB 
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 09a751e0..f2948d30 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "MIToS"
 uuid = "51bafb47-8a16-5ded-8b04-24ef4eede0b5"
-version = "3.5.0"
+version = "3.6.0"
 
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