diff --git a/.changes/2.17.49.json b/.changes/2.17.49.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d3b9671faf91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/2.17.49.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``guardduty``",
+    "description": "Add support for new statistic types in GetFindingsStatistics.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``lexv2-models``",
+    "description": "Support new Polly voice engines in VoiceSettings: long-form and generative",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``medialive``",
+    "description": "Adds AV1 Codec support, SRT ouputs, and MediaLive Anywhere support.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``bedrock-agent-runtime``",
+    "description": "Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ecr``",
+    "description": "Added KMS_DSSE to EncryptionType",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``bedrock-agent``",
+    "description": "Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-29517.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-29517.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 85ac422911c6..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagent-29517.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``bedrock-agent``",
-  "description": "Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagentruntime-77622.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagentruntime-77622.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d5eb0ac9f23..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-bedrockagentruntime-77622.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``bedrock-agent-runtime``",
-  "description": "Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ecr-5522.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-ecr-5522.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e26377b2d880..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ecr-5522.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``ecr``",
-  "description": "Added KMS_DSSE to EncryptionType"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-24879.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-24879.json
deleted file mode 100644
index da71e6f2978e..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-24879.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``guardduty``",
-  "description": "Add support for new statistic types in GetFindingsStatistics."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lexv2models-88042.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-lexv2models-88042.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 819cfc1dc825..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lexv2models-88042.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``lexv2-models``",
-  "description": "Support new Polly voice engines in VoiceSettings: long-form and generative"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-medialive-35484.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-medialive-35484.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1caf1c344d81..000000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-medialive-35484.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``medialive``",
-  "description": "Adds AV1 Codec support, SRT ouputs, and MediaLive Anywhere support."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6efb07c8d0b2..0a716bff5202 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+2.17.49
+=======
+
+* api-change:``guardduty``: Add support for new statistic types in GetFindingsStatistics.
+* api-change:``lexv2-models``: Support new Polly voice engines in VoiceSettings: long-form and generative
+* api-change:``medialive``: Adds AV1 Codec support, SRT ouputs, and MediaLive Anywhere support.
+* api-change:``bedrock-agent-runtime``: Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience.
+* api-change:``ecr``: Added KMS_DSSE to EncryptionType
+* api-change:``bedrock-agent``: Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now supports using inference profiles to increase throughput and improve resilience.
+
+
 2.17.48
 =======
 
diff --git a/awscli/__init__.py b/awscli/__init__.py
index ed2c0d8b5c9f..133f66392dfc 100644
--- a/awscli/__init__.py
+++ b/awscli/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import importlib.abc
 import sys
 
-__version__ = '2.17.48'
+__version__ = '2.17.49'
 
 #
 # Get our data path to be added to botocore's search path
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4fdaa0678f53..7ec18b69f530 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for awscli 2.17.48.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71 for awscli 2.17.49.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2017, 2020-2021 Free Software Foundation,
@@ -607,8 +607,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='awscli'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='awscli'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='2.17.48'
-PACKAGE_STRING='awscli 2.17.48'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='2.17.49'
+PACKAGE_STRING='awscli 2.17.49'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-awscli configure 2.17.48
+awscli configure 2.17.49
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71
 
 Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by awscli $as_me 2.17.48, which was
+It was created by awscli $as_me 2.17.49, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by awscli $as_me 2.17.48, which was
+This file was extended by awscli $as_me 2.17.49, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-awscli config.status 2.17.48
+awscli config.status 2.17.49
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 86e80e975c67..01092ddb4671 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
-AC_INIT([awscli], [2.17.48])
+AC_INIT([awscli], [2.17.49])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([bin/aws])
 AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.8])
 
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 0d2dce758434..c3d1ab7177ad 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.17.48'
+release = '2.17.49'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.