diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 3d1dc287c5f0b..13e78a74e2e2a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.136.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.135.0-alpha.0...v2.136.0-alpha.0) (2024-04-06)
+
 ## [2.135.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.134.0-alpha.0...v2.135.0-alpha.0) (2024-04-01)
 
 ## [2.134.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.133.0-alpha.0...v2.134.0-alpha.0) (2024-03-26)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index b4cf5f6734f99..c4f41fdefd694 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.136.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.135.0...v2.136.0) (2024-04-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **rds:** specify PreferredMaintenanceWindow in reader or writer props ([#29686](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29686)) ([615ee2d](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/615ee2de1cbf42770cd9d2d171196513f6602eb1)), closes [#29687](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29687)
+* **stepfunction:** add enableExecuteCommand to sfn ECSRunTask ([#29638](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29638)) ([d5b8594](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/d5b8594f133b532f5fd8f39ad3df23dffbe6ba85)), closes [#29637](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29637)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **cli:** diff with changeset fails if deploy role cannot be assumed ([#29718](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29718)) ([21dba21](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/21dba2194819ccb244fcdbc5007c055f3930b4e1)), closes [#29650](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29650)
+* **cloudwatch-actions:** `LambdaAction` fails if added to multiple action types ([#29515](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29515)) ([a12887b](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/a12887b593ef6796f63bf754a3d381676d2e5155)), closes [#29514](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29514)
+* **iam:** grantAssumeRole silently fails with service and account principals ([#29452](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29452)) ([36fd79d](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/36fd79d8714bd29527bb1184ec10cd504b83510d)), closes [#24507](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/24507)
+* **pipelines:** codeStar connection accepts nested repository ([#29631](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29631)) ([10357c0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/10357c0ab6be105e0d988b9045bcfe99faf69cbd)), closes [#27504](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/27504)
+* **s3-assets:** throw if path property is empty ([#29425](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29425)) ([2814011](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/2814011fdbafad87af9f7a1cad143a19eae30a05)), closes [#29410](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/29410)
+
 ## [2.135.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.134.0...v2.135.0) (2024-04-01)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 66daf6c133fa3..83ea9df62ce5e 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.135.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.135.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.136.0",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.136.0-alpha.0"
 }
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