diff --git a/bin/installdumux.py b/bin/installdumux.py
index 474c565ae049e101781a67de0c7d185137646564..45e12bca976465ce0d09309c0f7fbffc42a0da0b 100755
--- a/bin/installdumux.py
+++ b/bin/installdumux.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 )
 # Optional arguments
 parser.add_argument("--dune-version", default="2.8", help="Dune version to be checked out.")
-parser.add_argument("--dumux-version", default="3.5", help="Dumux version to be checked out.")
+parser.add_argument("--dumux-version", default="3.6", help="Dumux version to be checked out.")
 args = vars(parser.parse_args())
 
 duneBranch = (
diff --git a/bin/installexternal.py b/bin/installexternal.py
index 4d1beb69087d5ca3420212dd141419e75fdb289d..7a7e10e7f7290d49079d5e702de4fda09c047e60 100755
--- a/bin/installexternal.py
+++ b/bin/installexternal.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ options.add_argument(
 
 parser.add_argument("--dune-branch", default="releases/2.8", help="Dune branch to be checked out.")
 parser.add_argument(
-    "--dumux-branch", default="releases/3.5", help="Dumux branch to be checked out."
+    "--dumux-branch", default="releases/3.6", help="Dumux branch to be checked out."
 )
 parser.add_argument("--opm-branch", default="release/2021.10", help="Opm branch to be checked out.")
 parser.add_argument("--mmesh-branch", default="release/1.3", help="Mmesh branch to be checked out.")