diff --git a/.changes/1.34.9.json b/.changes/1.34.9.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d379af890d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.9.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``emr``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update emr client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 95e599ad59..5d08e0c3ba 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.9
+======
+
+* api-change:``emr``: [``botocore``] Update emr client to latest version
+
+
 1.34.8
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 2b12d8c0cb..9d5e49dd6b 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.8'
+__version__ = '1.34.9'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3e1d127a65..72d562f2da 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.8,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.9,<1.35.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6daa946c38..fe8b882c5a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.8,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.9,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]