diff --git a/.changes/1.35.18.json b/.changes/1.35.18.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f41b8833ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.35.18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``cognito-idp``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Added email MFA option to user pools with advanced security features.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``elbv2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Correct incorrectly mapped error in ELBv2 waiters",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``emr``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update APIs to allow modification of ODCR options, allocation strategy, and InstanceTypeConfigs on running InstanceFleet clusters.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``glue``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AWS Glue is introducing two new optimizers for Apache Iceberg tables: snapshot retention and orphan file deletion. Customers can enable these optimizers and customize their configurations to perform daily maintenance tasks on their Iceberg tables based on their specific requirements.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``mediaconvert``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release includes support for dynamic video overlay workflows, including picture-in-picture and squeezeback",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``rds``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for the os-upgrade pending maintenance action for Amazon Aurora DB clusters.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``storagegateway``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] The S3 File Gateway now supports DSSE-KMS encryption. A new parameter EncryptionType is added to these APIs: CreateSmbFileShare, CreateNfsFileShare, UpdateSmbFileShare, UpdateNfsFileShare, DescribeSmbFileShares, DescribeNfsFileShares. Also, in favor of EncryptionType, KmsEncrypted is deprecated.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``synthetics``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces two features. The first is tag replication, which allows for the propagation of canary tags onto Synthetics related resources, such as Lambda functions. The second is a limit increase in canary name length, which has now been increased from 21 to 255 characters.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index ac04e29892..a06e659c56 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.35.18
+=======
+
+* api-change:``cognito-idp``: [``botocore``] Added email MFA option to user pools with advanced security features.
+* api-change:``elbv2``: [``botocore``] Correct incorrectly mapped error in ELBv2 waiters
+* api-change:``emr``: [``botocore``] Update APIs to allow modification of ODCR options, allocation strategy, and InstanceTypeConfigs on running InstanceFleet clusters.
+* api-change:``glue``: [``botocore``] AWS Glue is introducing two new optimizers for Apache Iceberg tables: snapshot retention and orphan file deletion. Customers can enable these optimizers and customize their configurations to perform daily maintenance tasks on their Iceberg tables based on their specific requirements.
+* api-change:``mediaconvert``: [``botocore``] This release includes support for dynamic video overlay workflows, including picture-in-picture and squeezeback
+* api-change:``rds``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for the os-upgrade pending maintenance action for Amazon Aurora DB clusters.
+* api-change:``storagegateway``: [``botocore``] The S3 File Gateway now supports DSSE-KMS encryption. A new parameter EncryptionType is added to these APIs: CreateSmbFileShare, CreateNfsFileShare, UpdateSmbFileShare, UpdateNfsFileShare, DescribeSmbFileShares, DescribeNfsFileShares. Also, in favor of EncryptionType, KmsEncrypted is deprecated.
+* api-change:``synthetics``: [``botocore``] This release introduces two features. The first is tag replication, which allows for the propagation of canary tags onto Synthetics related resources, such as Lambda functions. The second is a limit increase in canary name length, which has now been increased from 21 to 255 characters.
+
+
 1.35.17
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 23aa3453f0..cbc6e36234 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.35.17'
+__version__ = '1.35.18'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d1fb85eb56..d08c9fc157 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.35.17,<1.36.0
+    botocore>=1.35.18,<1.36.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a639ddd34f..050764afca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.35.17,<1.36.0',
+    'botocore>=1.35.18,<1.36.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]