diff --git a/.changes/1.28.40.json b/.changes/1.28.40.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e332dd496c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.28.40.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``chime-sdk-media-pipelines``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for the Voice Analytics feature for customer-owned KVS streams as part of the Amazon Chime SDK call analytics.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``connect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Connect adds the ability to read, create, update, delete, and list view resources, and adds the ability to read, create, delete, and list view versions.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``identitystore``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] New Identity Store content for China Region launch",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``neptunedata``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Removed the descriptive text in the introduction.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 4592e1990a..1821e6858e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.28.40
+=======
+
+* api-change:``chime-sdk-media-pipelines``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for the Voice Analytics feature for customer-owned KVS streams as part of the Amazon Chime SDK call analytics.
+* api-change:``connect``: [``botocore``] Amazon Connect adds the ability to read, create, update, delete, and list view resources, and adds the ability to read, create, delete, and list view versions.
+* api-change:``identitystore``: [``botocore``] New Identity Store content for China Region launch
+* api-change:``neptunedata``: [``botocore``] Removed the descriptive text in the introduction.
+
+
 1.28.39
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 631707bf58..4224ad2a5b 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.28.39'
+__version__ = '1.28.40'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f51a3a7352..4e512ec4e7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.31.39,<1.32.0
+    botocore>=1.31.40,<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 64347255cb..09062b9a34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.31.39,<1.32.0',
+    'botocore>=1.31.40,<1.32.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]