diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 45d4444c..fdaf63cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.36.0
+
+### Various fixes & improvements
+
+- feat(sentry-tower) Make SentryLayer and SentryService `Sync` if request isn't (#721) by @syphar
+- sentry-tower: Update `axum` dependency to v0.8 (#718) by @Turbo87
+- Allow retrieving user of scope (#715) by @thomaseizinger
+- Elide lifetimes where possible (#716) by @thomaseizinger
+- Replace release bot with GH app (#714) by @Jeffreyhung
+- Delay sampling of span to `finish` (#712) by @thomaseizinger
+
 ## 0.35.0
 
 **Fixes**:
diff --git a/sentry-actix/Cargo.toml b/sentry-actix/Cargo.toml
index cc80eaff..4f2231e9 100644
--- a/sentry-actix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-actix/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-actix"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rust-version = "1.73"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3.5", default-features = false }
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core", default-features = false, features = [
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core", default-features = false, features = [
     "client",
 ] }
 
diff --git a/sentry-anyhow/Cargo.toml b/sentry-anyhow/Cargo.toml
index 82315702..b958273c 100644
--- a/sentry-anyhow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-anyhow/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-anyhow"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ default = ["backtrace"]
 backtrace = ["anyhow/backtrace"]
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace" }
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
 anyhow = "1.0.39"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/sentry-backtrace/Cargo.toml b/sentry-backtrace/Cargo.toml
index 1bd8b225..35e6cbed 100644
--- a/sentry-backtrace/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-backtrace/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-backtrace"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ regex = { version = "1.5.5", default-features = false, features = [
     "std",
     "unicode-perl",
 ] }
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
diff --git a/sentry-contexts/Cargo.toml b/sentry-contexts/Cargo.toml
index e8e70230..ce0165cb 100644
--- a/sentry-contexts/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-contexts/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-contexts"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.73"
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
 libc = "0.2.66"
 hostname = "0.4"
 
diff --git a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
index 670a7081..c61ff93a 100644
--- a/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-core"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ log = { version = "0.4.8", optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 once_cell = "1"
 rand = { version = "0.8.1", optional = true }
 regex = { version = "1.7.3", optional = true }
-sentry-types = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-types" }
+sentry-types = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-types" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.46" }
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["v4", "serde"], optional = true }
diff --git a/sentry-core/README.md b/sentry-core/README.md
index a4782e61..5bfb3d31 100644
--- a/sentry-core/README.md
+++ b/sentry-core/README.md
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ functionality.
 [Sentry]: https://sentry.io/
 [`sentry`]: https://crates.io/crates/sentry
 [Unified API]: https://develop.sentry.dev/sdk/unified-api/
-[`test`]: https://docs.rs/sentry-core/0.35.0/sentry_core/test/index.html
+[`test`]: https://docs.rs/sentry-core/0.36.0/sentry_core/test/index.html
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/sentry-debug-images/Cargo.toml b/sentry-debug-images/Cargo.toml
index efbeffe4..7c82f1e7 100644
--- a/sentry-debug-images/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-debug-images/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-debug-images"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ rust-version = "1.73"
 [dependencies]
 findshlibs = "=0.10.2"
 once_cell = "1"
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
diff --git a/sentry-debug-images/README.md b/sentry-debug-images/README.md
index eff20652..27218122 100644
--- a/sentry-debug-images/README.md
+++ b/sentry-debug-images/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ let integration = sentry_debug_images::DebugImagesIntegration::new()
     .filter(|event| event.level >= Level::Warning);
 ```
 
-[`Event`]: https://docs.rs/sentry-debug-images/0.35.0/sentry_debug_images/sentry_core::protocol::Event
+[`Event`]: https://docs.rs/sentry-debug-images/0.36.0/sentry_debug_images/sentry_core::protocol::Event
 
 ## Resources
 
diff --git a/sentry-log/Cargo.toml b/sentry-log/Cargo.toml
index d1de1ed8..76d582a3 100644
--- a/sentry-log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-log/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-log"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.73"
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
 log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/sentry-panic/Cargo.toml b/sentry-panic/Cargo.toml
index bbc5a099..ed31f817 100644
--- a/sentry-panic/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-panic/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-panic"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.73"
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
-sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 sentry = { path = "../sentry", default-features = false, features = ["test"] }
diff --git a/sentry-slog/Cargo.toml b/sentry-slog/Cargo.toml
index 4bbbeba7..4e7994cd 100644
--- a/sentry-slog/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-slog/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-slog"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.73"
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core" }
 slog = { version = "2.5.2", features = ["nested-values"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.46"
 
diff --git a/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml b/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
index 98835fea..50653bc3 100644
--- a/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-tower/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-tower"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ tower-layer = "0.3"
 tower-service = "0.3"
 http = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 pin-project = { version = "1.0.10", optional = true }
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core", default-features = false, features = [
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core", default-features = false, features = [
     "client",
 ] }
 url = { version = "2.2.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/sentry-tower/README.md b/sentry-tower/README.md
index fb711ec4..9e7e6862 100644
--- a/sentry-tower/README.md
+++ b/sentry-tower/README.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ feature of the `sentry` crate instead of the `tower` feature.
 The created transaction will automatically use the request URI as its name.
 This is sometimes not desirable in case the request URI contains unique IDs
 or similar. In this case, users should manually override the transaction name
-in the request handler using the [`Scope::set_transaction`](https://docs.rs/sentry-tower/0.35.0/sentry_tower/sentry_core::Scope::set_transaction)
+in the request handler using the [`Scope::set_transaction`](https://docs.rs/sentry-tower/0.36.0/sentry_tower/sentry_core::Scope::set_transaction)
 method.
 
 When combining both layers, take care of the ordering of both. For example
diff --git a/sentry-tracing/Cargo.toml b/sentry-tracing/Cargo.toml
index 2cdbb60f..0ac9e9f4 100644
--- a/sentry-tracing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-tracing/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-tracing"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ default = []
 backtrace = ["dep:sentry-backtrace"]
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core", features = [
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core", features = [
     "client",
 ] }
 tracing-core = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = [
     "std",
 ] }
-sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace", optional = true }
+sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/sentry-tracing/README.md b/sentry-tracing/README.md
index 303df914..d5377007 100644
--- a/sentry-tracing/README.md
+++ b/sentry-tracing/README.md
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ tracing::error!(
 );
 ```
 
-To track [error structs](https://docs.rs/sentry-tracing/0.35.0/sentry_tracing/std::error::Error), assign a reference to error trait object as field
+To track [error structs](https://docs.rs/sentry-tracing/0.36.0/sentry_tracing/std::error::Error), assign a reference to error trait object as field
 in one of the logging macros. By convention, it is recommended to use the `ERROR` level and
 assign it to a field called `error`, although the integration will also work with all other
 levels and field names.
diff --git a/sentry-types/Cargo.toml b/sentry-types/Cargo.toml
index b5ee8bc7..48bb4d20 100644
--- a/sentry-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry-types"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/sentry/Cargo.toml b/sentry/Cargo.toml
index cd48ea69..9c4a5a3a 100644
--- a/sentry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sentry"
-version = "0.35.0"
+version = "0.36.0"
 authors = ["Sentry <hello@sentry.io>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -54,18 +54,18 @@ rustls = ["dep:rustls", "reqwest?/rustls-tls", "ureq?/tls", "webpki-roots"]
 embedded-svc-http = ["dep:embedded-svc", "dep:esp-idf-svc"]
 
 [dependencies]
-sentry-core = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-core", features = [
+sentry-core = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-core", features = [
     "client",
 ] }
-sentry-anyhow = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-anyhow", optional = true }
-sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace", optional = true }
-sentry-contexts = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-contexts", optional = true }
-sentry-debug-images = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-debug-images", optional = true }
-sentry-log = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-log", optional = true }
-sentry-panic = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-panic", optional = true }
-sentry-slog = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-slog", optional = true }
-sentry-tower = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-tower", optional = true }
-sentry-tracing = { version = "0.35.0", path = "../sentry-tracing", optional = true }
+sentry-anyhow = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-anyhow", optional = true }
+sentry-backtrace = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-backtrace", optional = true }
+sentry-contexts = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-contexts", optional = true }
+sentry-debug-images = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-debug-images", optional = true }
+sentry-log = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-log", optional = true }
+sentry-panic = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-panic", optional = true }
+sentry-slog = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-slog", optional = true }
+sentry-tower = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-tower", optional = true }
+sentry-tracing = { version = "0.36.0", path = "../sentry-tracing", optional = true }
 log = { version = "0.4.8", optional = true, features = ["std"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", optional = true, features = [
     "blocking",
diff --git a/sentry/README.md b/sentry/README.md
index d64e834e..5b383e8c 100644
--- a/sentry/README.md
+++ b/sentry/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ sentry::capture_message("Hello World!", sentry::Level::Info);
 More complex examples on how to use sentry can also be found in [examples]. Extended instructions
 may also be found on [Sentry itself].
 
-[`sentry::init`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/fn.init.html
-[`Hub`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/struct.Hub.html
+[`sentry::init`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/fn.init.html
+[`Hub`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/struct.Hub.html
 [examples]: https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/tree/master/sentry/examples
 [Sentry itself]: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/rust
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ the ecosystem require a feature flag. For available integrations and how to use
 [integrations] and [apply_defaults].
 
 [Features]: #features
-[integrations]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/integrations/index.html
-[apply_defaults]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/fn.apply_defaults.html
+[integrations]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/integrations/index.html
+[apply_defaults]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/fn.apply_defaults.html
 
 ## Minimal API
 
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ This crate comes fully-featured. If the goal is to instrument libraries for usag
 with sentry, or to extend sentry with a custom [`Integration`] or a [`Transport`],
 one should use the [`sentry-core`] crate instead.
 
-[`Integration`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/trait.Integration.html
-[`Transport`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.35.0/sentry/trait.Transport.html
+[`Integration`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/trait.Integration.html
+[`Transport`]: https://docs.rs/sentry/0.36.0/sentry/trait.Transport.html
 [`sentry-core`]: https://crates.io/crates/sentry-core
 
 ## Features