diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [1.94.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.93.0...v1.94.0) (2021-03-16)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES TO EXPERIMENTAL FEATURES
+
+* **appmesh:** Backend, backend default and Virtual Service client policies structures are being altered
+* **appmesh**: you must use the backend default interface to define backend defaults in `VirtualGateway`.
+  The property name also changed from `backendsDefaultClientPolicy` to `backendDefaults`
+* **appmesh**:  you must use the backend default interface to define backend defaults in `VirtualNode`,
+  (the property name also changed from `backendsDefaultClientPolicy` to `backendDefaults`),
+  and the `Backend` class to define a backend
+* **appmesh**: you can no longer attach a client policy to a `VirtualService`
+
+### Features
+
+* **appmesh:** add missing route match features ([#13350](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13350)) ([b71efd9](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/b71efd9d12843ab4b495d53e565cec97d60748f3)), closes [#11645](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/11645)
+* **aws-elasticloadbalancingv2:** add protocol version for ALB TargetGroups ([#13570](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13570)) ([165a3d8](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/165a3d877b7ab23f29e42e1e74ee7c5cb35b7f24)), closes [#12869](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/12869)
+* **ecs-patterns:** Add ECS deployment circuit breaker support to higher-level constructs ([#12719](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/12719)) ([e80a98a](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/e80a98aa8839e9b9b89701158d82b991e9ebaa65)), closes [#12534](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/12534) [#12360](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/12360)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **appmesh:** Move Client Policy from Virtual Service to backend structure ([#12943](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/12943)) ([d3f4284](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/d3f428435976c55ca950279cfc841665fd504370)), closes [#11996](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/11996)
+* **autoscaling:** AutoScaling on percentile metrics doesn't work ([#13366](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13366)) ([46114bb](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/46114bb1f4702019a8873b9162d0a9f10763bc61)), closes [#13144](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13144)
+* **cloudwatch:** cannot create Alarms from labeled metrics that start with a digit ([#13560](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13560)) ([278029f](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/278029f25b41d956091835364e5a8de91429712c)), closes [#13434](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13434)
+* use NodeJS 14 for all packaged custom resources ([#13488](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13488)) ([20a2820](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/20a2820ee4d022663fcd0928fbc0f61153ae953f)), closes [#13534](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13534) [#13484](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13484)
+* **ec2:** Security Groups support all protocols ([#13593](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13593)) ([8c6b3eb](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/8c6b3ebea464e27f68ffcab32857d8baec29c413)), closes [#13403](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13403)
+* **lambda:** fromDockerBuild output is located under /asset ([#13539](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13539)) ([77449f6](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/77449f61e7075fef1240fc52becb8ea60b9ea9ad)), closes [#13439](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13439)
+* **region-info:** ap-northeast-3 data not correctly registered ([#13564](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13564)) ([64da84b](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/64da84be5c60bb8132551bcc27a7ca9c7effe95d)), closes [#13561](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/13561)
+
 ## [1.93.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v1.92.0...v1.93.0) (2021-03-11)
 
 
diff --git a/version.v1.json b/version.v1.json
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--- a/version.v1.json
+++ b/version.v1.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "1.93.0"
+  "version": "1.94.0"
 }