diff --git a/.changes/1.23.1.json b/.changes/1.23.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f4945bf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.23.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``resiliencehub``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] In this release, we are introducing support for Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon Route 53, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, AWS Backup in addition to the existing supported Services.  This release also supports Terraform file input from S3 and scheduling daily assessments",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``servicecatalog``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Updated the descriptions for the ListAcceptedPortfolioShares API description and the PortfolioShareType parameters.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``discovery``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add Migration Evaluator Collector details to the GetDiscoverySummary API response",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sts``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for AWS Security Token Service.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``workspaces-web``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon WorkSpaces Web now supports Administrator timeout control",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``rekognition``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon Rekognition.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``cloudfront``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Introduced a new error (TooLongCSPInResponseHeadersPolicy) that is returned when the value of the Content-Security-Policy header in a response headers policy exceeds the maximum allowed length.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index c64d09a61f..68a1b72fac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.23.1
+======
+
+* api-change:``resiliencehub``: [``botocore``] In this release, we are introducing support for Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon Route 53, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, AWS Backup in addition to the existing supported Services.  This release also supports Terraform file input from S3 and scheduling daily assessments
+* api-change:``servicecatalog``: [``botocore``] Updated the descriptions for the ListAcceptedPortfolioShares API description and the PortfolioShareType parameters.
+* api-change:``discovery``: [``botocore``] Add Migration Evaluator Collector details to the GetDiscoverySummary API response
+* api-change:``sts``: [``botocore``] Documentation updates for AWS Security Token Service.
+* api-change:``workspaces-web``: [``botocore``] Amazon WorkSpaces Web now supports Administrator timeout control
+* api-change:``rekognition``: [``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon Rekognition.
+* api-change:``cloudfront``: [``botocore``] Introduced a new error (TooLongCSPInResponseHeadersPolicy) that is returned when the value of the Content-Security-Policy header in a response headers policy exceeds the maximum allowed length.
+
+
 1.23.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index d0e6e3c03c..81dcf3bf83 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.23.0'
+__version__ = '1.23.1'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ac76738728..3238db4df3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.26.0,<1.27.0
+    botocore>=1.26.1,<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 12d4bc34e9..b35ab19258 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.26.0,<1.27.0',
+    'botocore>=1.26.1,<1.27.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0',
 ]