diff --git a/.changes/1.34.42.json b/.changes/1.34.42.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf9445501d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.34.42.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``controltower``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for new Baseline and EnabledBaseline APIs for automating multi-account governance.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``lookoutequipment``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This feature allows customers to see pointwise model diagnostics results for their models.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``qbusiness``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds the metadata-boosting feature, which allows customers to easily fine-tune the underlying ranking of retrieved RAG passages in order to optimize Q&A answer relevance. It also adds new feedback reasons for the PutFeedback API.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-controltower-47418.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-controltower-47418.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ae91ba766..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-controltower-47418.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``controltower``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Adds support for new Baseline and EnabledBaseline APIs for automating multi-account governance."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutequipment-20457.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutequipment-20457.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ee023085cb..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-lookoutequipment-20457.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``lookoutequipment``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This feature allows customers to see pointwise model diagnostics results for their models."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-qbusiness-2292.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-qbusiness-2292.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e3bb4a2fdf..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-qbusiness-2292.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``qbusiness``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds the metadata-boosting feature, which allows customers to easily fine-tune the underlying ranking of retrieved RAG passages in order to optimize Q&A answer relevance. It also adds new feedback reasons for the PutFeedback API."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8849984b9b..148d5b87c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.34.42
+=======
+
+* api-change:``controltower``: [``botocore``] Adds support for new Baseline and EnabledBaseline APIs for automating multi-account governance.
+* api-change:``lookoutequipment``: [``botocore``] This feature allows customers to see pointwise model diagnostics results for their models.
+* api-change:``qbusiness``: [``botocore``] This release adds the metadata-boosting feature, which allows customers to easily fine-tune the underlying ranking of retrieved RAG passages in order to optimize Q&A answer relevance. It also adds new feedback reasons for the PutFeedback API.
+
+
 1.34.41
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 8bd2289e22..2e9bdceaa4 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.34.41'
+__version__ = '1.34.42'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 739f0608ed..62f2778d48 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.34.41,<1.35.0
+    botocore>=1.34.42,<1.35.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a308b68e60..edcdfe9b1c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.34.41,<1.35.0',
+    'botocore>=1.34.42,<1.35.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]