diff --git a/.changes/1.26.165.json b/.changes/1.26.165.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..302c10883c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.26.165.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``amp``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AWS SDK service model  generation tool version upgrade.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ecs``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Added new field  \"credentialspecs\" to the ecs task definition to support gMSA of windows/linux in both domainless and domain-joined mode",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ivs``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Corrects the HTTP response code in the generated docs for PutMetadata and DeleteRecordingConfiguration APIs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``mediaconvert``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release includes improved color handling of overlays and general updates to user documentation.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for rolling deployment in SageMaker Inference.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``transfer``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add outbound Basic authentication support to AS2 connectors",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``verifiedpermissions``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release corrects several broken links in the documentation.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7f1ba9a9a8..06c80a9f55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.26.165
+========
+
+* api-change:``amp``: [``botocore``] AWS SDK service model  generation tool version upgrade.
+* api-change:``ecs``: [``botocore``] Added new field  "credentialspecs" to the ecs task definition to support gMSA of windows/linux in both domainless and domain-joined mode
+* api-change:``ivs``: [``botocore``] Corrects the HTTP response code in the generated docs for PutMetadata and DeleteRecordingConfiguration APIs.
+* api-change:``mediaconvert``: [``botocore``] This release includes improved color handling of overlays and general updates to user documentation.
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for rolling deployment in SageMaker Inference.
+* api-change:``transfer``: [``botocore``] Add outbound Basic authentication support to AS2 connectors
+* api-change:``verifiedpermissions``: [``botocore``] This release corrects several broken links in the documentation.
+
+
 1.26.164
 ========
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 03de2f72a5..0275d6b5bd 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.26.164'
+__version__ = '1.26.165'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 2cefd080c3..0a4174181e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.29.164,<1.30.0
+    botocore>=1.29.165,<1.30.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a824cf396..36636e2f69 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.29.164,<1.30.0',
+    'botocore>=1.29.165,<1.30.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.6.0,<0.7.0',
 ]