diff --git a/.changes/1.17.69.json b/.changes/1.17.69.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72089a1b25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.17.69.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``lakeformation``", 
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds Tag Based Access Control to AWS Lake Formation service", 
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "category": "``lookoutmetrics``", 
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Enforcing UUID style for parameters that are already in UUID format today. Documentation specifying eventual consistency of lookoutmetrics resources.", 
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "category": "``connect``", 
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds tagging support for Connect APIs CreateIntegrationAssociation and CreateUseCase.", 
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 5b22ed7b89..449979812b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.17.69
+=======
+
+* api-change:``lakeformation``: [``botocore``] This release adds Tag Based Access Control to AWS Lake Formation service
+* api-change:``lookoutmetrics``: [``botocore``] Enforcing UUID style for parameters that are already in UUID format today. Documentation specifying eventual consistency of lookoutmetrics resources.
+* api-change:``connect``: [``botocore``] Adds tagging support for Connect APIs CreateIntegrationAssociation and CreateUseCase.
+
+
 1.17.68
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 156faa137c..7e4ea98b66 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.17.68'
+__version__ = '1.17.69'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/docs/source/guide/configuration.rst b/docs/source/guide/configuration.rst
index 7ef4b718b4..4a8a184154 100644
--- a/docs/source/guide/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guide/configuration.rst
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ In the following example, a proxy list is set up to use ``proxy.amazon.com``, po
     }
 
     my_config = Config(
-        'region_name': 'us-east-2',
-        'signature_version': 'v4',
-        'proxies': proxy_definitions
-    }
+        region_name='us-east-2',
+        signature_version='v4',
+        proxies=proxy_definitions
+    )
 
     client = boto3.client('kinesis', config=my_config)
 
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ You can configure how Boto3 uses proxies by specifying the ``proxies_config`` op
     }
 
     my_config = Config(
-        'region_name': 'us-east-2',
-        'signature_version': 'v4',
-        'proxies': proxy_definitions,
-        'proxies_config': {
+        region_name='us-east-2',
+        signature_version='v4',
+        proxies=proxy_definitions,
+        proxies_config={
             'proxy_client_cert': '/path/of/certificate'
         }
-    }
+    )
 
     client = boto3.client('kinesis', config=my_config)
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9780d9d960..5a359e6ab4 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ universal = 1
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.20.68,<1.21.0
+    botocore>=1.20.69,<1.21.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.4.0,<0.5.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 210a1d0be0..754cc303bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.20.68,<1.21.0',
+    'botocore>=1.20.69,<1.21.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.4.0,<0.5.0'
 ]