diff --git a/.changes/1.26.159.json b/.changes/1.26.159.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd0f2966c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.26.159.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``chime-sdk-identity``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AppInstanceBots can be configured to be invoked or not using the Target or the CHIME.mentions attribute for ChannelMessages",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``chime-sdk-messaging``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] ChannelMessages can be made visible to sender and intended recipient rather than all channel members with the target attribute. For example, a user can send messages to a bot and receive messages back in a group channel without other members seeing them.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``kendra``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Introducing Amazon Kendra Retrieve API that can be used to retrieve relevant passages or text excerpts given an input query.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``stepfunctions``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update stepfunctions client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index b71f334d9c..1c373a51fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.26.159
+========
+
+* api-change:``chime-sdk-identity``: [``botocore``] AppInstanceBots can be configured to be invoked or not using the Target or the CHIME.mentions attribute for ChannelMessages
+* api-change:``chime-sdk-messaging``: [``botocore``] ChannelMessages can be made visible to sender and intended recipient rather than all channel members with the target attribute. For example, a user can send messages to a bot and receive messages back in a group channel without other members seeing them.
+* api-change:``kendra``: [``botocore``] Introducing Amazon Kendra Retrieve API that can be used to retrieve relevant passages or text excerpts given an input query.
+* api-change:``stepfunctions``: [``botocore``] Update stepfunctions client to latest version
+
+
 1.26.158
 ========
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 2d99abd8e4..25091557ff 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.26.158'
+__version__ = '1.26.159'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8fe5238ae6..376e5197bd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.29.158,<1.30.0
+    botocore>=1.29.159,<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 604eb324cf..486436e942 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.29.158,<1.30.0',
+    'botocore>=1.29.159,<1.30.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]