diff --git a/.changes/1.34.137.json b/.changes/1.34.137.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9010d64d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.137.json
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``apigateway``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``cognito-identity``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``connect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Authentication profiles are Amazon Connect resources (in gated preview) that allow you to configure authentication settings for users in your contact center. This release adds support for new ListAuthenticationProfiles, DescribeAuthenticationProfile and UpdateAuthenticationProfile APIs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``docdb``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``eks``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Updates EKS managed node groups to support EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``payment-cryptography``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Added further restrictions on logging of potentially sensitive inputs and outputs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``payment-cryptography-data``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adding support for dynamic keys for encrypt, decrypt, re-encrypt and translate pin functions.  With this change, customers can use one-time TR-31 keys directly in dataplane operations without the need to first import them into the service.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``stepfunctions``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``swf``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``wafv2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] JSON body inspection: Update documentation to clarify that JSON parsing doesn't include full validation.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7bdf4a78c4..98e42e2666 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.137
+========
+
+* api-change:``apigateway``: [``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+* api-change:``cognito-identity``: [``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+* api-change:``connect``: [``botocore``] Authentication profiles are Amazon Connect resources (in gated preview) that allow you to configure authentication settings for users in your contact center. This release adds support for new ListAuthenticationProfiles, DescribeAuthenticationProfile and UpdateAuthenticationProfile APIs.
+* api-change:``docdb``: [``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+* api-change:``eks``: [``botocore``] Updates EKS managed node groups to support EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML
+* api-change:``payment-cryptography``: [``botocore``] Added further restrictions on logging of potentially sensitive inputs and outputs.
+* api-change:``payment-cryptography-data``: [``botocore``] Adding support for dynamic keys for encrypt, decrypt, re-encrypt and translate pin functions.  With this change, customers can use one-time TR-31 keys directly in dataplane operations without the need to first import them into the service.
+* api-change:``stepfunctions``: [``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+* api-change:``swf``: [``botocore``] Add v2 smoke tests and smithy smokeTests trait for SDK testing.
+* api-change:``wafv2``: [``botocore``] JSON body inspection: Update documentation to clarify that JSON parsing doesn't include full validation.
+
+
 1.34.136
 ========
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 62c27d3d60..1e3cb36e38 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.136'
+__version__ = '1.34.137'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 44a048829b..8d0f6ac214 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.136,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.137,<1.35.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0035f299da..b0baed3b60 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.136,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.137,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]