diff --git a/.changes/1.18.26.json b/.changes/1.18.26.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddab6e3c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.18.26.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``eks``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for EKS add-ons \"preserve\" flag, which allows customers to maintain software on their EKS clusters after removing it from EKS add-ons management.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``comprehend``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add tagging support for Comprehend async inference job.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``robomaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for RoboMaker",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] encryptionInTransitSupported added to DescribeInstanceTypes API",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-comprehend-63099.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-comprehend-63099.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d4ad241e6..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-comprehend-63099.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``comprehend``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Add tagging support for Comprehend async inference job."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-66705.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-66705.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8399b1e7f2..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-66705.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``ec2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] encryptionInTransitSupported added to DescribeInstanceTypes API"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-eks-52952.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-eks-52952.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 04891ff54b..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-eks-52952.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``eks``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for EKS add-ons \"preserve\" flag, which allows customers to maintain software on their EKS clusters after removing it from EKS add-ons management."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-robomaker-60522.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-robomaker-60522.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 12be8d8693..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-robomaker-60522.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``robomaker``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for RoboMaker"
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9fb951dacd..792fc05e9c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.18.26
+=======
+
+* api-change:``eks``: [``botocore``] Adds support for EKS add-ons "preserve" flag, which allows customers to maintain software on their EKS clusters after removing it from EKS add-ons management.
+* api-change:``comprehend``: [``botocore``] Add tagging support for Comprehend async inference job.
+* api-change:``robomaker``: [``botocore``] Documentation updates for RoboMaker
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] encryptionInTransitSupported added to DescribeInstanceTypes API
+
+
 1.18.25
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 83b601197b..cd984b6539 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.18.25'
+__version__ = '1.18.26'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4f006b9cb3..97f24f411b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.21.25,<1.22.0
+    botocore>=1.21.26,<1.22.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 856e9cfb3a..1343b87249 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.21.25,<1.22.0',
+    'botocore>=1.21.26,<1.22.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0'
 ]