diff --git a/.changes/1.23.9.json b/.changes/1.23.9.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f45fbdf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.23.9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``lightsail``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Lightsail now supports the ability to configure a Lightsail Container Service to pull images from Amazon ECR private repositories in your account.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``emr-serverless``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for Amazon EMR Serverless, a serverless runtime environment that simplifies running analytics applications using the latest open source frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Hive.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] C7g instances, powered by the latest generation AWS Graviton3 processors, provide the best price performance in Amazon EC2 for compute-intensive workloads.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``forecast``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Introduced a new field in Auto Predictor as Time Alignment Boundary. It helps in aligning the timestamps generated during Forecast exports",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-89478.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-89478.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f73f98dde2..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-89478.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``ec2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] C7g instances, powered by the latest generation AWS Graviton3 processors, provide the best price performance in Amazon EC2 for compute-intensive workloads."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-emrserverless-47634.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-emrserverless-47634.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c6af84c6e..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-emrserverless-47634.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``emr-serverless``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for Amazon EMR Serverless, a serverless runtime environment that simplifies running analytics applications using the latest open source frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Hive."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-forecast-3952.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-forecast-3952.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b24870263..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-forecast-3952.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``forecast``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Introduced a new field in Auto Predictor as Time Alignment Boundary. It helps in aligning the timestamps generated during Forecast exports"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lightsail-60842.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-lightsail-60842.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 00ecfccb1b..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lightsail-60842.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``lightsail``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Lightsail now supports the ability to configure a Lightsail Container Service to pull images from Amazon ECR private repositories in your account."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2a028bb70d..7d9e4fc471 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.23.9
+======
+
+* api-change:``lightsail``: [``botocore``] Amazon Lightsail now supports the ability to configure a Lightsail Container Service to pull images from Amazon ECR private repositories in your account.
+* api-change:``emr-serverless``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for Amazon EMR Serverless, a serverless runtime environment that simplifies running analytics applications using the latest open source frameworks such as Apache Spark and Apache Hive.
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] C7g instances, powered by the latest generation AWS Graviton3 processors, provide the best price performance in Amazon EC2 for compute-intensive workloads.
+* api-change:``forecast``: [``botocore``] Introduced a new field in Auto Predictor as Time Alignment Boundary. It helps in aligning the timestamps generated during Forecast exports
+
+
 1.23.8
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 13282d6732..9ff6abe9f0 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.23.8'
+__version__ = '1.23.9'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d03159d7fd..6aa9377d94 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.26.8,<1.27.0
+    botocore>=1.26.9,<1.27.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b213828402..1ee291647b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.26.8,<1.27.0',
+    'botocore>=1.26.9,<1.27.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0',
 ]