diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d878ee8..f661408 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 The Reasoner Validator package is evolving along with progress in TRAPI and Biolink Model standards within the NCATS Biomedical Knowledge Translator. 
 
+## v3.6.0
+- Introduced 'critical' category of validation messages (only a handful of messages to start, to be reviewed further)
+
 ## v3.5.11
 - Bug fix for TRAPI Response sanitization
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 7d78bf2..8d09cdc 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -489,13 +489,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "importlib-metadata"
-version = "6.6.0"
+version = "6.7.0"
 description = "Read metadata from Python packages"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.6.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:43dd286a2cd8995d5eaef7fee2066340423b818ed3fd70adf0bad5f1fac53fed"},
-    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:92501cdf9cc66ebd3e612f1b4f0c0765dfa42f0fa38ffb319b6bd84dd675d705"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cb52082e659e97afc5dac71e79de97d8681de3aa07ff18578330904a9d18e5b5"},
+    {file = "importlib_metadata-6.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1aaf550d4f73e5d6783e7acb77aec43d49da8017410afae93822cc9cca98c4d4"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ zipp = ">=0.5"
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["furo", "jaraco.packaging (>=9)", "jaraco.tidelift (>=1.4)", "rst.linker (>=1.9)", "sphinx (>=3.5)", "sphinx-lint"]
 perf = ["ipython"]
-testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "pytest-flake8", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)"]
+testing = ["flufl.flake8", "importlib-resources (>=1.3)", "packaging", "pyfakefs", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=0.3.7)", "pytest-checkdocs (>=2.4)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-enabler (>=1.3)", "pytest-mypy (>=0.9.1)", "pytest-perf (>=0.9.2)", "pytest-ruff"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "iniconfig"
@@ -912,13 +912,13 @@ plugins = ["importlib-metadata"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pyparsing"
-version = "3.0.9"
+version = "3.1.0"
 description = "pyparsing module - Classes and methods to define and execute parsing grammars"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pyparsing-3.0.9-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5026bae9a10eeaefb61dab2f09052b9f4307d44aee4eda64b309723d8d206bbc"},
-    {file = "pyparsing-3.0.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2b020ecf7d21b687f219b71ecad3631f644a47f01403fa1d1036b0c6416d70fb"},
+    {file = "pyparsing-3.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d554a96d1a7d3ddaf7183104485bc19fd80543ad6ac5bdb6426719d766fb06c1"},
+    {file = "pyparsing-3.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:edb662d6fe322d6e990b1594b5feaeadf806803359e3d4d42f11e295e588f0ea"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20fa42e..7b6902f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "reasoner-validator"
-version = "3.5.11"
+version = "3.6.0"
 description = "Validation tools for Reasoner API"
 authors = [
     "Richard Bruskiewich <richard.bruskiewich@delphinai.com>",