diff --git a/.changes/1.28.18.json b/.changes/1.28.18.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0ce7caac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.28.18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``budgets``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] As part of CAE tagging integration we need to update our budget names regex filter to prevent customers from using \"/action/\" in their budget names.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``cognito-idp``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] New feature that logs Cognito user pool error messages to CloudWatch logs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``glue``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release includes additional Glue Streaming KAKFA SASL property types.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``resiliencehub``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Drift Detection capability added when applications policy has moved from a meet to breach state. Customers will be able to exclude operational recommendations and receive credit in their resilience score. Customers can now add ARH permissions to an existing or new role.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] SageMaker Inference Recommender introduces a new API GetScalingConfigurationRecommendation to recommend auto scaling policies based on completed Inference Recommender jobs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-budgets-37525.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-budgets-37525.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 761d0c5a2e..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-budgets-37525.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``budgets``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] As part of CAE tagging integration we need to update our budget names regex filter to prevent customers from using \"/action/\" in their budget names."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-cognitoidp-6260.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-cognitoidp-6260.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 792edbbb95..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-cognitoidp-6260.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``cognito-idp``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] New feature that logs Cognito user pool error messages to CloudWatch logs."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-glue-90914.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-glue-90914.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ab76967f8..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-glue-90914.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``glue``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release includes additional Glue Streaming KAKFA SASL property types."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-resiliencehub-1629.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-resiliencehub-1629.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d10533405..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-resiliencehub-1629.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``resiliencehub``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Drift Detection capability added when applications policy has moved from a meet to breach state. Customers will be able to exclude operational recommendations and receive credit in their resilience score. Customers can now add ARH permissions to an existing or new role."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sagemaker-65920.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-sagemaker-65920.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 423b727e57..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sagemaker-65920.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``sagemaker``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] SageMaker Inference Recommender introduces a new API GetScalingConfigurationRecommendation to recommend auto scaling policies based on completed Inference Recommender jobs."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 68eb2face4..38777be973 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.28.18
+=======
+
+* api-change:``budgets``: [``botocore``] As part of CAE tagging integration we need to update our budget names regex filter to prevent customers from using "/action/" in their budget names.
+* api-change:``cognito-idp``: [``botocore``] New feature that logs Cognito user pool error messages to CloudWatch logs.
+* api-change:``glue``: [``botocore``] This release includes additional Glue Streaming KAKFA SASL property types.
+* api-change:``resiliencehub``: [``botocore``] Drift Detection capability added when applications policy has moved from a meet to breach state. Customers will be able to exclude operational recommendations and receive credit in their resilience score. Customers can now add ARH permissions to an existing or new role.
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] SageMaker Inference Recommender introduces a new API GetScalingConfigurationRecommendation to recommend auto scaling policies based on completed Inference Recommender jobs.
+
+
 1.28.17
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 5342a5c43a..9f20d6e708 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.28.17'
+__version__ = '1.28.18'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 90b6fa710e..d23134043d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.31.17,<1.32.0
+    botocore>=1.31.18,<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 67c4abf195..ffa2c916d0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.31.17,<1.32.0',
+    'botocore>=1.31.18,<1.32.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]