diff --git a/.changes/1.28.1.json b/.changes/1.28.1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b3dfe8b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.28.1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``dms``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Releasing DMS Serverless. Adding support for PostgreSQL 15.x as source and target endpoint. Adding support for DocDB Elastic Clusters with sharded collections, PostgreSQL datatype mapping customization and disabling hostname validation of the certificate authority in Kafka endpoint settings",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``glue``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release enables customers to create new Apache Iceberg tables and associated metadata in Amazon S3 by using native AWS Glue CreateTable operation.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``logs``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add CMK encryption support for CloudWatch Logs Insights query result data",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``medialive``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release enables the use of Thumbnails in AWS Elemental MediaLive.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``mediatailor``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] The AWS Elemental MediaTailor SDK for Channel Assembly has added support for EXT-X-CUE-OUT and EXT-X-CUE-IN tags to specify ad breaks in HLS outputs, including support for EXT-OATCLS, EXT-X-ASSET, and EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT accessory tags.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index fc25317239..9c5ee29d89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.28.1
+======
+
+* api-change:``dms``: [``botocore``] Releasing DMS Serverless. Adding support for PostgreSQL 15.x as source and target endpoint. Adding support for DocDB Elastic Clusters with sharded collections, PostgreSQL datatype mapping customization and disabling hostname validation of the certificate authority in Kafka endpoint settings
+* api-change:``glue``: [``botocore``] This release enables customers to create new Apache Iceberg tables and associated metadata in Amazon S3 by using native AWS Glue CreateTable operation.
+* api-change:``logs``: [``botocore``] Add CMK encryption support for CloudWatch Logs Insights query result data
+* api-change:``medialive``: [``botocore``] This release enables the use of Thumbnails in AWS Elemental MediaLive.
+* api-change:``mediatailor``: [``botocore``] The AWS Elemental MediaTailor SDK for Channel Assembly has added support for EXT-X-CUE-OUT and EXT-X-CUE-IN tags to specify ad breaks in HLS outputs, including support for EXT-OATCLS, EXT-X-ASSET, and EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT accessory tags.
+
+
 1.28.0
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index d2af59df59..93de59bfed 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.28.0'
+__version__ = '1.28.1'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 220fb10030..b6a26e3c78 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.31.0,<1.32.0
+    botocore>=1.31.1,<1.32.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2655e5cfb1..bae9a4a54d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.31.0,<1.32.0',
+    'botocore>=1.31.1,<1.32.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]