diff --git a/.changes/1.34.56.json b/.changes/1.34.56.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2fb84989c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.56.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``apigateway``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon API Gateway",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``chatbot``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Minor update to documentation.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``organizations``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release contains an endpoint addition",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sesv2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for providing custom headers within SendEmail and SendBulkEmail for SESv2.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-apigateway-68428.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-apigateway-68428.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b2737d615..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-apigateway-68428.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``apigateway``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon API Gateway"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-chatbot-28668.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-chatbot-28668.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d43e2f3b1b..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-chatbot-28668.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``chatbot``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Minor update to documentation."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-organizations-44571.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-organizations-44571.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ec19e5c1f7..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-organizations-44571.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``organizations``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release contains an endpoint addition"
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-63932.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-63932.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 61a69f604a..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-sesv2-63932.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``sesv2``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for providing custom headers within SendEmail and SendBulkEmail for SESv2."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 29e84252e7..60c47fb3c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.56
+=======
+
+* api-change:``apigateway``: [``botocore``] Documentation updates for Amazon API Gateway
+* api-change:``chatbot``: [``botocore``] Minor update to documentation.
+* api-change:``organizations``: [``botocore``] This release contains an endpoint addition
+* api-change:``sesv2``: [``botocore``] Adds support for providing custom headers within SendEmail and SendBulkEmail for SESv2.
+
+
 1.34.55
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 10fe608108..7a32da59a9 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.55'
+__version__ = '1.34.56'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 91ccd35dc9..977c7fa3cd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.55,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.56,<1.35.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2a644e108a..19e650f6a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.55,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.56,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]