diff --git a/.changes/1.34.96.json b/.changes/1.34.96.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6fb8853743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.96.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``bedrock-agent``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for using MongoDB Atlas as a vector store when creating a knowledge base.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon EC2.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``personalize-runtime``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for a Reason attribute for predicted items generated by User-Personalization-v2.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``securityhub``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Updated CreateMembers API request with limits.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sesv2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Fixes ListContacts and ListImportJobs APIs to use POST instead of GET.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-49685.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-49685.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e07e6aa357..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-49685.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``bedrock-agent``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for using MongoDB Atlas as a vector store when creating a knowledge base."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-34249.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-34249.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0306a0e5da..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-34249.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``ec2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon EC2."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-personalizeruntime-5072.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-personalizeruntime-5072.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b57e1398ac..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-personalizeruntime-5072.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``personalize-runtime``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for a Reason attribute for predicted items generated by User-Personalization-v2."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-securityhub-84900.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-securityhub-84900.json
deleted file mode 100644
index aa594fefaf..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-securityhub-84900.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``securityhub``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Updated CreateMembers API request with limits."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-33338.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-33338.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cae11c8190..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-33338.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``sesv2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Fixes ListContacts and ListImportJobs APIs to use POST instead of GET."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6d31982175..4cd90e6745 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.96
+=======
+
+* api-change:``bedrock-agent``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for using MongoDB Atlas as a vector store when creating a knowledge base.
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon EC2.
+* api-change:``personalize-runtime``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for a Reason attribute for predicted items generated by User-Personalization-v2.
+* api-change:``securityhub``: [``botocore``] Updated CreateMembers API request with limits.
+* api-change:``sesv2``: [``botocore``] Fixes ListContacts and ListImportJobs APIs to use POST instead of GET.
+
+
 1.34.95
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 112c9b1ad5..6f5fcf133c 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.95'
+__version__ = '1.34.96'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b6df5ff4a6..0e994a0842 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.95,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.96,<1.35.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29d0ff13d7..1a095cb73f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.95,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.96,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]