diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bac6556a3c..e2eb26d4d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.36.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.35.0...v2.36.0) (2024-03-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add Custom Part Metadata Decorator to ParallelCompositeUploadConfig ([#2434](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2434)) ([43b8006](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/43b800645ba3622e5de635825e1d082c6d26c2eb))
+* Add hierarchical namespace and folders features ([#2445](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2445)) ([8074fff](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/8074fffed5208a8578e5afe694fdd3d8df627b8c))
+* Add soft delete feature ([#2403](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2403)) ([989f36f](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/989f36fbb206832a6a3584c77546d3d560ac0df8))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix name digest for noprefix ([#2448](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2448)) ([12c9db8](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/12c9db8935f25a5f9e4633af85ea96acaa914d23))
+* Missing serialVersionUID of serializable classes ([#2344](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2344)) ([736865b](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/736865b4b97aa3940e1eab6a582d0ef38db31bba))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* Update dependency com.google.apis:google-api-services-storage to v1-rev20240307-2.0.0 ([#2442](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2442)) ([1352203](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/1352203859c3798423ef78823ed10577b93eebef))
+* Update dependency net.jqwik:jqwik to v1.8.4 ([#2447](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2447)) ([110b80c](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/110b80cdde24da4868e46c3909020db7b02d5491))
+* Update gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/storage-testbench docker tag to v0.42.0 ([#2441](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/issues/2441)) ([80745d4](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/commit/80745d415810353b3466a3eda12f6ca50a2c71b0))
+
 ## [2.35.0](https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage/compare/v2.34.0...v2.35.0) (2024-03-04)
 
 
diff --git a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index d02b72dd1a..5e15e2a909 100644
--- a/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
index bc03112018..f0489d5a3e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-bom/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -69,37 +69,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
index 747b2b3d77..7663e73a6c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage-control/pom.xml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
     <name>google-cloud-storage-control</name>
     <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-storage-control</description>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
index 0004206f43..35f4cd2b05 100644
--- a/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-storage/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Storage</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-storage</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
index 1b9b70b4ed..b3813b5222 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for google-cloud-storage</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index a8f6183767..07b946fefd 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 98845612ae..b442bca53b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   <name>Storage Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-storage</url>
   <description>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.apis</groupId>
@@ -117,32 +117,32 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-control</artifactId>
-        <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
+        <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage-control:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
index f028d71ddf..9eb168b6e2 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</name>
   <description>Proto library for  proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
index 6dcaf94496..dab19adc02 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-storage-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.36.0-alpha</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-storage-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 6211bd4243..67c0b685d6 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml b/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
index 5bb6302032..5ede2f48a4 100644
--- a/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
+++ b/storage-shared-benchmarking/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-storage-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+    <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
   </parent>
 
   <properties>
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
-      <version>2.35.1-SNAPSHOT</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
+      <version>2.36.0</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-storage:current} -->
       <classifier>tests</classifier>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 1ed68144ac..41866bb30c 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-storage:2.35.0:2.35.1-SNAPSHOT
-gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-google-cloud-storage-control:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
-grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.35.0-alpha:2.35.1-alpha-SNAPSHOT
+google-cloud-storage:2.36.0:2.36.0
+gapic-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-v2:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha
+google-cloud-storage-control:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha
+proto-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha
+grpc-google-cloud-storage-control-v2:2.36.0-alpha:2.36.0-alpha