diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f8b912ad..a20fd630 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:b47e411068ffc6e6990cb4e0802fbac9a4488dec7f5f424553518ba21abea208
-# created: 2022-07-26T16:25:31.033836225Z
+  digest: sha256:7a9a7eb50ca2af5bfffab3abd2f38d408735c990a74bacf9b7fde2af0a086a0b
+# created: 2022-08-01T15:27:14.757266067Z
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7187d3e4..f997ff47 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [2.3.6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/compare/v2.3.5...v2.3.6) (2022-08-05)
+
+
+### Documentation
+
+* **owlbot-java:** explaining why not using formatter in pom.xml ([#1511](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/issues/1511)) ([#729](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/issues/729)) ([6e136b6](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/commit/6e136b6c880192036af71af5440d81fd21192210)), closes [#1502](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/issues/1502)
+
 ## [2.3.5](https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks/compare/v2.3.4...v2.3.5) (2022-08-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d37fca96..6d41e5c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,20 +19,20 @@ If you are using Maven, add this to your pom.xml file:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.4</version>
+  <version>2.3.5</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-tasks:2.3.4'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-tasks:2.3.5'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-tasks" % "2.3.4"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-tasks" % "2.3.5"
 ```
 
 ## Authentication
diff --git a/google-cloud-tasks-bom/pom.xml b/google-cloud-tasks-bom/pom.xml
index dd1ebbed..53913e9e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-tasks-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-tasks-bom/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-bom</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
@@ -52,37 +52,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/google-cloud-tasks/pom.xml b/google-cloud-tasks/pom.xml
index 27e55c69..41452c0c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-tasks/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-tasks/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Google Cloud Tasks</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks</url>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <properties>
     <site.installationModule>google-cloud-tasks</site.installationModule>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
index f5e94e6f..a96d3333 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
index cbf26200..2f07675d 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
index 4a7c535c..7bc8d12a 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
   <name>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</name>
   <description>GRPC library for grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ac27270..384719d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
   <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   <name>Google Cloud Tasks Parent</name>
   <url>https://github.com/googleapis/java-tasks</url>
   <description>
@@ -61,37 +61,37 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-        <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+        <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
         <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+        <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
index 5da19719..c8e57400 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
+  <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
index c1d992ab..dc911bf9 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
index 14406d40..d521680e 100644
--- a/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
+++ b/proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3/pom.xml
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
   <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</artifactId>
-  <version>0.93.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
+  <version>0.93.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:current} -->
   <name>proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</name>
   <description>PROTO library for proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3</description>
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>2.3.5</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
+    <version>2.3.6</version><!-- {x-version-update:google-cloud-tasks:current} -->
   </parent>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
index 1d87ba52..82a16c9f 100644
--- a/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/install-without-bom/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.4</version>
+      <version>2.3.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END cloud_tasks_install_without_bom] -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 5cbf7e44..54eb4395 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.4</version>
+      <version>2.3.5</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/versions.txt b/versions.txt
index 21faf3a9..d5c8dafa 100644
--- a/versions.txt
+++ b/versions.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Format:
 # module:released-version:current-version
 
-google-cloud-tasks:2.3.5:2.3.5
-grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:0.93.5:0.93.5
-grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:0.93.5:0.93.5
-grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:2.3.5:2.3.5
-proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:0.93.5:0.93.5
-proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:0.93.5:0.93.5
-proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:2.3.5:2.3.5
+google-cloud-tasks:2.3.6:2.3.6
+grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:0.93.6:0.93.6
+grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:0.93.6:0.93.6
+grpc-google-cloud-tasks-v2:2.3.6:2.3.6
+proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta3:0.93.6:0.93.6
+proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2beta2:0.93.6:0.93.6
+proto-google-cloud-tasks-v2:2.3.6:2.3.6