diff --git a/.changes/1.24.18.json b/.changes/1.24.18.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3328f5302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.24.18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``iot``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release ease the restriction for the input of tag value to align with AWS standard, now instead of min length 1, we change it to min length 0.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9ae6498b03..d08d90633c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.24.18
+=======
+
+* api-change:``iot``: [``botocore``] This release ease the restriction for the input of tag value to align with AWS standard, now instead of min length 1, we change it to min length 0.
+
+
 1.24.17
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 3b494ceb6c..d4c4ec1712 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.24.17'
+__version__ = '1.24.18'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0fae249ae9..28fa341122 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.27.17,<1.28.0
+    botocore>=1.27.18,<1.28.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 89925cf031..114e0953cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.27.17,<1.28.0',
+    'botocore>=1.27.18,<1.28.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]