diff --git a/.craft.yml b/.craft.yml
index 5890b0037ea..d725b0e93db 100644
--- a/.craft.yml
+++ b/.craft.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-minVersion: 0.29.3
-changelogPolicy: auto
+minVersion: 3.9.0
+changelog:
+  policy: auto
+preReleaseCommand: bash scripts/bump-version.sh
+versioning:
+  policy: manual
 targets:
   - name: maven
     includeNames: /^sentry.*$/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4d43e018a33..0a3db95c974 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           # Needs to be set, otherwise git describe --tags will fail with: No names found, cannot describe anything
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Prepare release
-        uses: getsentry/craft@90e8e203ad86c8ab8ee134e8d387def13e620e81 # v3
+        uses: getsentry/craft@2e29b0819113d334c15da3d8cac2138cb9dc111a # 3.9.0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
         with: