diff --git a/.changes/1.28.49.json b/.changes/1.28.49.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ceba8bf7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.28.49.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``appstream``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces app block builder, allowing customers to provision a resource to package applications into an app block",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``connect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] New rule type (OnMetricDataUpdate) has been added",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``datasync``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation-only updates for AWS DataSync.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release introduces Skip Model Validation for Model Packages",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e980318687..270d98ba29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.28.49
+=======
+
+* api-change:``appstream``: [``botocore``] This release introduces app block builder, allowing customers to provision a resource to package applications into an app block
+* api-change:``connect``: [``botocore``] New rule type (OnMetricDataUpdate) has been added
+* api-change:``datasync``: [``botocore``] Documentation-only updates for AWS DataSync.
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] This release introduces Skip Model Validation for Model Packages
+
+
 1.28.48
 =======
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0a39d115ae..787615a85c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Then, set up a default region (in e.g. ``~/.aws/config``):
    [default]
    region=us-east-1
 
-Other credentials configuration method can be found `here <https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html>`__
+Other credential configuration methods can be found `here <https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/credentials.html>`__
 
 Then, from a Python interpreter:
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 07adabe8ce..78eefce42e 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.28.48'
+__version__ = '1.28.49'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1379aeb50d..072a5f5128 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.31.48,<1.32.0
+    botocore>=1.31.49,<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 b25c426b72..1304449575 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.31.48,<1.32.0',
+    'botocore>=1.31.49,<1.32.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]