diff --git a/.release-please-manifest-individual.json b/.release-please-manifest-individual.json
index bcbd757af961..9d7d3666f3e4 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": "1.55.0",
-  "storage": "1.36.0",
+  "storage": "1.36.1",
   "vertexai": "0.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/storage/CHANGES.md b/storage/CHANGES.md
index 8b3fa6fc483b..91484fa81f3e 100644
--- a/storage/CHANGES.md
+++ b/storage/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Changes
 
 
+## [1.36.1](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.36.0...storage/v1.36.1) (2024-01-12)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **storage:** Migrate deprecated proto dep ([#9232](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9232)) ([ebbb610](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/commit/ebbb610e0f58035fd01ad7893971382d8bbd092f)), refs [#9189](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9189)
+
 ## [1.36.0](https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/compare/storage/v1.35.1...storage/v1.36.0) (2023-12-14)
 
 
diff --git a/storage/internal/version.go b/storage/internal/version.go
index 2d5cf890e064..e6854f46150e 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 = "1.36.0"
+const Version = "1.36.1"