diff --git a/.changes/1.34.68.json b/.changes/1.34.68.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..054cfceecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.68.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``codeartifact``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds Package groups to CodeArtifact so you can more conveniently configure package origin controls for multiple packages.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 43d860ccda..0f52166fc5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.68
+=======
+
+* api-change:``codeartifact``: [``botocore``] This release adds Package groups to CodeArtifact so you can more conveniently configure package origin controls for multiple packages.
+
+
 1.34.67
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 446ac5b07e..138c185ddb 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.67'
+__version__ = '1.34.68'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1abfe3c6f8..9d4a8ddd25 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.67,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.68,<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 85a70cb5bb..d0be2a33c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.67,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.68,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]