diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index 76b2988fd492..23013cc918f8 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   "pubsub": "1.33.0",
   "pubsublite": "1.8.1",
   "spanner": "1.53.1",
-  "storage": "1.35.1",
+  "storage": "1.36.0",
   "vertexai": "0.5.1"
 }
diff --git a/storage/CHANGES.md b/storage/CHANGES.md
index 30ee040f76b0..8b3fa6fc483b 100644
--- a/storage/CHANGES.md
+++ b/storage/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 # Changes
 
 
+## [1.36.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.35.1...storage/v1.36.0) (2023-12-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **storage:** Add object retention feature ([#9072](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9072)) ([16ecfd1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/16ecfd150ff1982f03d207a80a82e934d1013874))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **storage:** Do not inhibit the dead code elimination. ([#8543](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/8543)) ([ca2493f](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ca2493f43c299bbaed5f7e5b70f66cc763ff9802))
+* **storage:** Set flush and get_state to false on the last write in gRPC ([#9013](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9013)) ([c1e9fe5](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/c1e9fe5f4166a71e55814ccf126926ec0e0e7945))
+
 ## [1.35.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.35.0...storage/v1.35.1) (2023-11-09)
 
 
diff --git a/storage/internal/version.go b/storage/internal/version.go
index eca9b294aa1a..2d5cf890e064 100644
--- a/storage/internal/version.go
+++ b/storage/internal/version.go
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // Version is the current tagged release of the library.
-const Version = "1.35.1"
+const Version = "1.36.0"