diff --git a/.changes/1.18.12.json b/.changes/1.18.12.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a9d200e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.18.12.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``ssm-contacts``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Added new attribute in AcceptCode API. AcceptCodeValidation takes in two values - ENFORCE, IGNORE. ENFORCE forces validation of accept code and IGNORE ignores it which is also the default behavior; Corrected TagKeyList length from 200 to 50",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``greengrassv2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for component system resource limits and idempotent Create operations. You can now specify the maximum amount of CPU and memory resources that each component can use.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d94398330d..e22d813846 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.18.12
+=======
+
+* api-change:``ssm-contacts``: [``botocore``] Added new attribute in AcceptCode API. AcceptCodeValidation takes in two values - ENFORCE, IGNORE. ENFORCE forces validation of accept code and IGNORE ignores it which is also the default behavior; Corrected TagKeyList length from 200 to 50
+* api-change:``greengrassv2``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for component system resource limits and idempotent Create operations. You can now specify the maximum amount of CPU and memory resources that each component can use.
+
+
 1.18.11
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 63499ca174..fc950ac6c1 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.18.11'
+__version__ = '1.18.12'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0adf1144ba..d557d767e0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.21.11,<1.22.0
+    botocore>=1.21.12,<1.22.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d61e0c5f48..102688c109 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.21.11,<1.22.0',
+    'botocore>=1.21.12,<1.22.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0'
 ]