diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3ae1a83..d7af4e7 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "8.3.5"
+  ".": "8.3.6"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ecfb13..cbaf541 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [8.3.6](https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig/compare/cosmiconfig-v8.3.5...cosmiconfig-v8.3.6) (2023-09-13)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* ignore search place if accessing it causes ENOTDIR (i.e. if access of a subpath of a file is attempted) ([5bd915a](https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig/commit/5bd915aa74bbb056a4f8a11679bae7d6cd67ca18))
+
 ## [8.3.5](https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig/compare/cosmiconfig-v8.3.4...cosmiconfig-v8.3.5) (2023-09-08)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 32a7886..d5f5b91 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cosmiconfig",
-  "version": "8.3.5",
+  "version": "8.3.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cosmiconfig",
-      "version": "8.3.5",
+      "version": "8.3.6",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "import-fresh": "^3.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4da6b3d8..8a72052 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cosmiconfig",
-  "version": "8.3.5",
+  "version": "8.3.6",
   "description": "Find and load configuration from a package.json property, rc file, TypeScript module, and more!",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",