diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-debian-bookworm.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-debian-bookworm.Dockerfile
index cee79720ae9ba..eecde37b1f347 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-debian-bookworm.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-debian-bookworm.Dockerfile
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20250814.2.tar.gz |
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-fedora.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-fedora.Dockerfile
index 53d07f97884ed..e60ae08e44593 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-fedora.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-fedora.Dockerfile
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/curl/curl/releases/download/curl-8_7_1/curl-8.
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-opensuse-leap.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-opensuse-leap.Dockerfile
index c240f7d3c3ce3..d1f0f7943c9a2 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-opensuse-leap.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-opensuse-leap.Dockerfile
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20250814.2.tar.gz |
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-rockylinux-9.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-rockylinux-9.Dockerfile
index 5252e6d28672a..3c182dd963df7 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-rockylinux-9.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-rockylinux-9.Dockerfile
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20250814.2.tar.gz |
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile
index d3a72b49bf67a..8f8b64d4f7861 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-24.04.Dockerfile
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20250814.2.tar.gz |
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-jammy.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-jammy.Dockerfile
index 1cad20bbf7807..eaf1e14f0d5b9 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-jammy.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/demo-ubuntu-jammy.Dockerfile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/abseil/abseil-cpp/archive/20250814.2.tar.gz |
 
 # ```bash
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-cmake-quickstart.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-cmake-quickstart.Dockerfile
index 8c4d876009a40..1586fa06de486 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-cmake-quickstart.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-cmake-quickstart.Dockerfile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
     ldconfig && cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
index 24ba5b3d3b5c5..6bb43031848f6 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cmake.Dockerfile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
     ldconfig && cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cxx20.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cxx20.Dockerfile
index d37e3f4d07b13..6fe39c3ac2dde 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cxx20.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-cxx20.Dockerfile
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
     cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20 \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-publish-docs.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-publish-docs.Dockerfile
index 2c9d8b1be48df..acbc24488b7bc 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-publish-docs.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-latest-publish-docs.Dockerfile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-cpp/archive/v1.24
     ldconfig && cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-openssl-4.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-openssl-4.Dockerfile
index 08de84bcb690c..d778e27509283 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-openssl-4.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/fedora-openssl-4.Dockerfile
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
     ldconfig && cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-20.04-install.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-20.04-install.Dockerfile
index 1dfee6802feb1..9e07c2878d6ff 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-20.04-install.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-20.04-install.Dockerfile
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
 
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-22.04-install.Dockerfile b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-22.04-install.Dockerfile
index 42195145e6c05..d097a3798c245 100644
--- a/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-22.04-install.Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/cloudbuild/dockerfiles/ubuntu-22.04-install.Dockerfile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/nlohmann/json/archive/v3.11.3.tar.gz | \
 
 
 WORKDIR /var/tmp/build/protobuf
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
diff --git a/doc/packaging.md b/doc/packaging.md
index 002085934d98f..905516ef7dba7 100644
--- a/doc/packaging.md
+++ b/doc/packaging.md
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ sudo ldconfig && cd /var/tmp && rm -fr build
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ sudo ldconfig
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ sudo ldconfig
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ Google Cloud Platform proto files:
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ sudo ldconfig
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ install Protobuf (and any downstream packages) from source.
 
 ```bash
 mkdir -p $HOME/Downloads/protobuf && cd $HOME/Downloads/protobuf
-curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.0.tar.gz | \
+curl -fsSL https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v36.2.tar.gz | \
     tar -xzf - --strip-components=1 && \
     cmake \
         -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \