diff --git a/.changes/1.20.18.json b/.changes/1.20.18.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e068b4057
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.20.18.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release enables - 1/ Inference endpoint configuration recommendations and ability to run custom load tests to meet performance needs. 2/ Deploy serverless inference endpoints. 3/ Query, filter and retrieve end-to-end ML lineage graph, and incorporate model quality/bias detection in ML workflow.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``kendra``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Experience Builder allows customers to build search applications without writing code. Analytics Dashboard provides quality and usability metrics for Kendra indexes. Custom Document Enrichment allows customers to build a custom ingestion pipeline to pre-process documents and generate metadata.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``directconnect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds SiteLink support to private and transit virtual interfaces. SiteLink is a new Direct Connect feature that allows routing between Direct Connect points of presence.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``lexv2-models``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update lexv2-models client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM), which enables you to plan, track, and monitor IP addresses for your workloads. This release also adds support for VPC Network Access Analyzer, which enables you to analyze network access to resources in your Virtual Private Clouds.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``shield``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds API support for Automatic Application Layer DDoS Mitigation for AWS Shield Advanced. Customers can now enable automatic DDoS mitigation in count or block mode for layer 7 protected resources.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker-runtime``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update sagemaker-runtime client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``devops-guru``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] DevOps Guru now provides detailed, database-specific analyses of performance issues and recommends corrective actions for Amazon Aurora database instances with Performance Insights turned on. You can also use AWS tags to choose which resources to analyze and define your applications.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``dynamodb``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add support for Table Classes and introduce the Standard Infrequent Access table class.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 7e7dcf6ca7..4ab5083d1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.20.18
+=======
+
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] This release enables - 1/ Inference endpoint configuration recommendations and ability to run custom load tests to meet performance needs. 2/ Deploy serverless inference endpoints. 3/ Query, filter and retrieve end-to-end ML lineage graph, and incorporate model quality/bias detection in ML workflow.
+* api-change:``kendra``: [``botocore``] Experience Builder allows customers to build search applications without writing code. Analytics Dashboard provides quality and usability metrics for Kendra indexes. Custom Document Enrichment allows customers to build a custom ingestion pipeline to pre-process documents and generate metadata.
+* api-change:``directconnect``: [``botocore``] Adds SiteLink support to private and transit virtual interfaces. SiteLink is a new Direct Connect feature that allows routing between Direct Connect points of presence.
+* api-change:``lexv2-models``: [``botocore``] Update lexv2-models client to latest version
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM), which enables you to plan, track, and monitor IP addresses for your workloads. This release also adds support for VPC Network Access Analyzer, which enables you to analyze network access to resources in your Virtual Private Clouds.
+* api-change:``shield``: [``botocore``] This release adds API support for Automatic Application Layer DDoS Mitigation for AWS Shield Advanced. Customers can now enable automatic DDoS mitigation in count or block mode for layer 7 protected resources.
+* api-change:``sagemaker-runtime``: [``botocore``] Update sagemaker-runtime client to latest version
+* api-change:``devops-guru``: [``botocore``] DevOps Guru now provides detailed, database-specific analyses of performance issues and recommends corrective actions for Amazon Aurora database instances with Performance Insights turned on. You can also use AWS tags to choose which resources to analyze and define your applications.
+* api-change:``dynamodb``: [``botocore``] Add support for Table Classes and introduce the Standard Infrequent Access table class.
+
+
 1.20.17
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 2b8b0b9df6..b7b5447dd6 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.20.17'
+__version__ = '1.20.18'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d25749a9b1..9d02df0802 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.23.17,<1.24.0
+    botocore>=1.23.18,<1.24.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 516b5a8800..85933b6cca 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.23.17,<1.24.0',
+    'botocore>=1.23.18,<1.24.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0'
 ]