diff --git a/.changes/1.26.96.json b/.changes/1.26.96.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6ced54146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.26.96.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``chime-sdk-messaging``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Chime SDK messaging customers can now manage streaming configuration for messaging data for archival and analysis.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``cleanrooms``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] GA Release of AWS Clean Rooms, Added Tagging Functionality",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for AWS Network Firewall, AWS PrivateLink, and Gateway Load Balancers to Amazon VPC Reachability Analyzer, and it makes the path destination optional as long as a destination address in the filter at source is provided.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``iotsitewise``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Provide support for tagging of data streams and enabling tag based authorization for property alias",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``mgn``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces the Import and export feature and expansion of the post-launch actions",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index af11c04b7e..51c2ee3570 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.26.96
+=======
+
+* api-change:``chime-sdk-messaging``: [``botocore``] Amazon Chime SDK messaging customers can now manage streaming configuration for messaging data for archival and analysis.
+* api-change:``cleanrooms``: [``botocore``] GA Release of AWS Clean Rooms, Added Tagging Functionality
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for AWS Network Firewall, AWS PrivateLink, and Gateway Load Balancers to Amazon VPC Reachability Analyzer, and it makes the path destination optional as long as a destination address in the filter at source is provided.
+* api-change:``iotsitewise``: [``botocore``] Provide support for tagging of data streams and enabling tag based authorization for property alias
+* api-change:``mgn``: [``botocore``] This release introduces the Import and export feature and expansion of the post-launch actions
+
+
 1.26.95
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index bd1ddf79fb..36ab4b7768 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.26.95'
+__version__ = '1.26.96'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f0ca2cc66e..a1d4ca8a32 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.29.95,<1.30.0
+    botocore>=1.29.96,<1.30.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 382f797265..6a3b4d961e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.29.95,<1.30.0',
+    'botocore>=1.29.96,<1.30.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]