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/.changes/next-release/api-change-connect-29239.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-connect-29239.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c892689a6e..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-connect-29239.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "category": "``connect``", 
-  "type": "api-change", 
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Adds tagging support for Connect APIs CreateIntegrationAssociation and CreateUseCase."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lakeformation-63638.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-lakeformation-63638.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8662a3ce7f..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lakeformation-63638.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "category": "``lakeformation``", 
-  "type": "api-change", 
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds Tag Based Access Control to AWS Lake Formation service"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutmetrics-5054.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutmetrics-5054.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bc2090299b..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutmetrics-5054.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "category": "``lookoutmetrics``", 
-  "type": "api-change", 
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Enforcing UUID style for parameters that are already in UUID format today. Documentation specifying eventual consistency of lookoutmetrics resources."
-}
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/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'
 ]