diff --git a/.changes/1.26.2.json b/.changes/1.26.2.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fdd8aeb843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.26.2.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``memorydb``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adding support for r6gd instances for MemoryDB Redis with data tiering. In a cluster with data tiering enabled, when available memory capacity is exhausted, the least recently used data is automatically tiered to solid state drives for cost-effective capacity scaling with minimal performance impact.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon SageMaker now supports running training jobs on ml.trn1 instance types.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``endpoint-rules``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update endpoint-rules client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3ed98b2f81..beed537c43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.26.2
+======
+
+* api-change:``memorydb``: [``botocore``] Adding support for r6gd instances for MemoryDB Redis with data tiering. In a cluster with data tiering enabled, when available memory capacity is exhausted, the least recently used data is automatically tiered to solid state drives for cost-effective capacity scaling with minimal performance impact.
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] Amazon SageMaker now supports running training jobs on ml.trn1 instance types.
+* api-change:``endpoint-rules``: [``botocore``] Update endpoint-rules client to latest version
+
+
 1.26.1
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index d833c4e20b..dda3e11b64 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.26.1'
+__version__ = '1.26.2'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e56e308bab..946a2b88b1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.29.1,<1.30.0
+    botocore>=1.29.2,<1.30.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 539e234832..8ada3c4d33 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.29.1,<1.30.0',
+    'botocore>=1.29.2,<1.30.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]