diff --git a/.changes/1.25.45.json b/.changes/1.25.45.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2db248154b2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.25.45.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``cognito-idp``",
+    "description": "Add a new exception type, ForbiddenException, that is returned when request is not allowed",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``wafv2``",
+    "description": "You can now associate an AWS WAF web ACL with an Amazon Cognito user pool.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index dd4d4ffd926a..fd730fd5a291 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.25.45
+=======
+
+* api-change:``cognito-idp``: Add a new exception type, ForbiddenException, that is returned when request is not allowed
+* api-change:``wafv2``: You can now associate an AWS WAF web ACL with an Amazon Cognito user pool.
+
+
 1.25.44
 =======
 
diff --git a/awscli/__init__.py b/awscli/__init__.py
index e5201a6562b7..0994635c42be 100644
--- a/awscli/__init__.py
+++ b/awscli/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 """
 import os
 
-__version__ = '1.25.44'
+__version__ = '1.25.45'
 
 #
 # Get our data path to be added to botocore's search path
diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 39ee1413846a..e03b08ee1f4b 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '1.25.'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.25.44'
+release = '1.25.45'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 29a3c6c54f67..e6b90563a5e7 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-        botocore==1.27.44
+        botocore==1.27.45
         docutils>=0.10,<0.17
         s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
         PyYAML>=3.10,<5.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c8d5e8f6f79f..2e3888c9bbb3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
 
 
 install_requires = [
-    'botocore==1.27.44',
+    'botocore==1.27.45',
     'docutils>=0.10,<0.17',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
     'PyYAML>=3.10,<5.5',