diff --git a/.changes/1.26.154.json b/.changes/1.26.154.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2e3e277f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.26.154.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``auditmanager``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces 2 Audit Manager features: CSV exports and new manual evidence options. You can now export your evidence finder results in CSV format. In addition, you can now add manual evidence to a control by entering free-form text or uploading a file from your browser.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``efs``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update efs client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``guardduty``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Updated descriptions for some APIs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``location``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Location Service adds categories to places, including filtering on those categories in searches. Also, you can now add metadata properties to your geofences.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-auditmanager-35365.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-auditmanager-35365.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 05a45f7dde..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-auditmanager-35365.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``auditmanager``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces 2 Audit Manager features: CSV exports and new manual evidence options. You can now export your evidence finder results in CSV format. In addition, you can now add manual evidence to a control by entering free-form text or uploading a file from your browser."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-efs-90032.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-efs-90032.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f260d2652..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-efs-90032.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``efs``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Update efs client to latest version"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-31128.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-31128.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dec5d64124..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-guardduty-31128.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``guardduty``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Updated descriptions for some APIs."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-location-6304.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-location-6304.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e741fc991..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-location-6304.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``location``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Location Service adds categories to places, including filtering on those categories in searches. Also, you can now add metadata properties to your geofences."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index afb3ab5805..51f4c252d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.26.154
+========
+
+* api-change:``auditmanager``: [``botocore``] This release introduces 2 Audit Manager features: CSV exports and new manual evidence options. You can now export your evidence finder results in CSV format. In addition, you can now add manual evidence to a control by entering free-form text or uploading a file from your browser.
+* api-change:``efs``: [``botocore``] Update efs client to latest version
+* api-change:``guardduty``: [``botocore``] Updated descriptions for some APIs.
+* api-change:``location``: [``botocore``] Amazon Location Service adds categories to places, including filtering on those categories in searches. Also, you can now add metadata properties to your geofences.
+
+
 1.26.153
 ========
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 7d46a018e2..4b49033fb8 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.26.153'
+__version__ = '1.26.154'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index fc7159ebd1..e2d9272ec6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.29.153,<1.30.0
+    botocore>=1.29.154,<1.30.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84b2c5c1d5..27923217ee 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.29.153,<1.30.0',
+    'botocore>=1.29.154,<1.30.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]