diff --git a/.craft.yml b/.craft.yml
index c97b3f83a9..0877762b6e 100644
--- a/.craft.yml
+++ b/.craft.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-minVersion: 0.23.1
-changelogPolicy: auto
+minVersion: 3.9.0
+changelog:
+  policy: auto
+versioning:
+  policy: manual
+preReleaseCommand: bash scripts/bump-version.sh
 targets:
   - name: gcs
     bucket: sentry-sdk-assets
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ba70c6ac98..759e3c3f01 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Prepare release
-        uses: getsentry/craft@4a8dba2a45b09f4e3fcfc86a79c94d0dd93295bb # v3.4.0
+        uses: getsentry/craft@2e29b0819113d334c15da3d8cac2138cb9dc111a # v3.9.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
         with: