diff --git a/.changes/1.18.25.json b/.changes/1.18.25.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffcab56109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.18.25.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] The ImportImage API now supports the ability to create AMIs with AWS-managed licenses for Microsoft SQL Server for both Windows and Linux.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``memorydb``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AWS MemoryDB  SDK now supports all APIs for newly launched MemoryDB service.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``application-autoscaling``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release extends Application Auto Scaling support for replication group of Amazon ElastiCache Redis clusters. Auto Scaling monitors and automatically expands node group count and number of replicas per node group when a critical usage threshold is met or according to customer-defined schedule.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``appflow``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for SAPOData connector and extends Veeva connector for document extraction.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 051115cb23..9fb951dacd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.18.25
+=======
+
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] The ImportImage API now supports the ability to create AMIs with AWS-managed licenses for Microsoft SQL Server for both Windows and Linux.
+* api-change:``memorydb``: [``botocore``] AWS MemoryDB  SDK now supports all APIs for newly launched MemoryDB service.
+* api-change:``application-autoscaling``: [``botocore``] This release extends Application Auto Scaling support for replication group of Amazon ElastiCache Redis clusters. Auto Scaling monitors and automatically expands node group count and number of replicas per node group when a critical usage threshold is met or according to customer-defined schedule.
+* api-change:``appflow``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for SAPOData connector and extends Veeva connector for document extraction.
+
+
 1.18.24
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 0e3111b10d..83b601197b 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.18.24'
+__version__ = '1.18.25'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7ee3fa75e2..4f006b9cb3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.21.24,<1.22.0
+    botocore>=1.21.25,<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 05a405c959..856e9cfb3a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.21.24,<1.22.0',
+    'botocore>=1.21.25,<1.22.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0'
 ]