diff --git a/.changes/1.28.46.json b/.changes/1.28.46.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bb25b8046
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.28.46.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for restricting public sharing of AMIs through AMI Block Public Access",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``events``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update events client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``kendra``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Kendra now supports confidence score buckets for retrieved passage results using the Retrieve API.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-3640.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-3640.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ef32ddf037..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-ec2-3640.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``ec2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for restricting public sharing of AMIs through AMI Block Public Access"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-events-99323.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-events-99323.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cd3dbc9be3..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-events-99323.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``events``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Update events client to latest version"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-kendra-47692.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-kendra-47692.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c77a7889f5..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-kendra-47692.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``kendra``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Kendra now supports confidence score buckets for retrieved passage results using the Retrieve API."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a4f8189ac1..cb355a7a6e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.28.46
+=======
+
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for restricting public sharing of AMIs through AMI Block Public Access
+* api-change:``events``: [``botocore``] Update events client to latest version
+* api-change:``kendra``: [``botocore``] Amazon Kendra now supports confidence score buckets for retrieved passage results using the Retrieve API.
+
+
 1.28.45
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 95aa199ce1..f73c586ad7 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.28.45'
+__version__ = '1.28.46'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d0c9f1389b..3d956022be 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.31.45,<1.32.0
+    botocore>=1.31.46,<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 40b610f0dd..e932478ee8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.31.45,<1.32.0',
+    'botocore>=1.31.46,<1.32.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]