diff --git a/.changes/1.21.17.json b/.changes/1.21.17.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a6ebd832d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.21.17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``transcribe``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Documentation fix for API `StartMedicalTranscriptionJobRequest`, now showing min sample rate as 16khz",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``transfer``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adding more descriptive error types for managed workflows",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``lexv2-models``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update lexv2-models client to latest version",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8eb7284c78..20ebd8afb8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.21.17
+=======
+
+* api-change:``transcribe``: [``botocore``] Documentation fix for API `StartMedicalTranscriptionJobRequest`, now showing min sample rate as 16khz
+* api-change:``transfer``: [``botocore``] Adding more descriptive error types for managed workflows
+* api-change:``lexv2-models``: [``botocore``] Update lexv2-models client to latest version
+
+
 1.21.16
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 5388b2ab54..9fc5003347 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.21.16'
+__version__ = '1.21.17'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f3f3a05c89..ab3015b93b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.24.16,<1.25.0
+    botocore>=1.24.17,<1.25.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 23839819f3..f5f114a7e4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.24.16,<1.25.0',
+    'botocore>=1.24.17,<1.25.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0',
 ]