diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index e7b61c792b56..c1681a411148 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ configurations.configureEach {
 // semantic versioning for version code
 val versionMajor = 35
 val versionMinor = 0
-val versionPatch = 0
-val versionBuild = 90 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
+val versionPatch = 1
+val versionBuild = 51 // 0-50=Alpha / 51-98=RC / 90-99=stable
 
 val ndkEnv = buildMap {
     file("${project.rootDir}/ndk.env").readLines().forEach {
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4589c4755f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## 35.0.1 RC1 (October 1, 2026)
+
+- Bugfixes and performance improvements
+
+Minimum: NC 22 Server, Android 9 Nougat
+
+For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/android/milestone/134
diff --git a/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt.license b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12a06277efc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/changelogs/350000151.txt.license
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later