diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3799cbc2c7..d62785c5a3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.135.0"
+  ".": "0.136.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fe35f6415..8256f5c093 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.136.0](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.135.0...v0.136.0) (2026-10-06)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* shorter CLI forms for selection, global flags, JSON output, scope targets and cursors ([#980](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/issues/980)) ([e9a7aa1](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/commit/e9a7aa1fea71ddc8f5e94e6001b5fb5c06f6a307))
+
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **rules:** cut custom-rule host overhead ([#981](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/issues/981)) ([7000d36](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/commit/7000d364f06b667c8c4a741fd5d252d54b9b9b85))
+
 ## [0.135.0](https://github.com/chio-labs/sqlbuild/compare/v0.134.9...v0.135.0) (2026-10-06)
 
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72f387aa4f..9af8992c37 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ checksum = "f8fadd59c855ef2080decdef8ff161eb6661b86933c9d82e5ba29dc602a55aba"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild-rules-native"
-version = "0.135.0"
+version = "0.136.0"
 dependencies = [
  "fensu-policy",
  "globset",
diff --git a/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml b/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
index e2cbacfbab..f390c5fd0b 100644
--- a/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/sqlbuild-rules-native/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sqlbuild-rules-native"
-version = "0.135.0"
+version = "0.136.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 publish.workspace = true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65d9525b9c..828dcd752a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [project]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.135.0"
+version = "0.136.0"
 description = "Typed, test-first SQL pipelines with local E2E testing"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ea2094989a..4d5a685978 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4137,7 +4137,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sqlbuild"
-version = "0.135.0"
+version = "0.136.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "duckdb" },