diff --git a/.changes/1.35.69.json b/.changes/1.35.69.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b55e07fbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.35.69.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``directconnect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update DescribeDirectConnectGatewayAssociations API to return associated core network information if a Direct Connect gateway is attached to a Cloud WAN core network.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``networkmanager``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds native Direct Connect integration on Cloud WAN enabling customers to directly attach their Direct Connect gateways to Cloud WAN without the need for an intermediate Transit Gateway.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``s3``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Simple Storage Service / Features: Add support for ETag based conditional writes in PutObject and CompleteMultiPartUpload APIs to prevent unintended object modifications.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-directconnect-94847.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-directconnect-94847.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 0695e81617..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-directconnect-94847.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``directconnect``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Update DescribeDirectConnectGatewayAssociations API to return associated core network information if a Direct Connect gateway is attached to a Cloud WAN core network."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-networkmanager-97846.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-networkmanager-97846.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 455d6c7bf1..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-networkmanager-97846.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``networkmanager``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds native Direct Connect integration on Cloud WAN enabling customers to directly attach their Direct Connect gateways to Cloud WAN without the need for an intermediate Transit Gateway."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-s3-18448.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-s3-18448.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1436a30138..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-s3-18448.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``s3``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Simple Storage Service / Features: Add support for ETag based conditional writes in PutObject and CompleteMultiPartUpload APIs to prevent unintended object modifications."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 53fcfc1e2d..b1337bb934 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.35.69
+=======
+
+* api-change:``directconnect``: [``botocore``] Update DescribeDirectConnectGatewayAssociations API to return associated core network information if a Direct Connect gateway is attached to a Cloud WAN core network.
+* api-change:``networkmanager``: [``botocore``] This release adds native Direct Connect integration on Cloud WAN enabling customers to directly attach their Direct Connect gateways to Cloud WAN without the need for an intermediate Transit Gateway.
+* api-change:``s3``: [``botocore``] Amazon Simple Storage Service / Features: Add support for ETag based conditional writes in PutObject and CompleteMultiPartUpload APIs to prevent unintended object modifications.
+
+
 1.35.68
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 264b86a2a4..589e71a3a0 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.35.68'
+__version__ = '1.35.69'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 46846b3301..0bae8258d6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.35.68,<1.36.0
+    botocore>=1.35.69,<1.36.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 445c2db290..a0a8a5fd28 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.35.68,<1.36.0',
+    'botocore>=1.35.69,<1.36.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]