diff --git a/.changes/1.35.40.json b/.changes/1.35.40.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f41ec5b492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.35.40.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``codepipeline``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AWS CodePipeline V2 type pipelines now support automatically retrying failed stages and skipping stage for failed entry conditions.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``mailmanager``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Mail Manager support for viewing and exporting metadata of archived messages.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``securitylake``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release updates request validation regex for resource ARNs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``supplychain``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds AWS Supply Chain instance management functionality. Specifically adding CreateInstance, DeleteInstance, GetInstance, ListInstances, and UpdateInstance APIs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``transfer``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release enables customers using SFTP connectors to query the transfer status of their files to meet their monitoring needs as well as orchestrate post transfer actions.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-codepipeline-98058.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-codepipeline-98058.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c3b0b326a2..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-codepipeline-98058.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``codepipeline``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] AWS CodePipeline V2 type pipelines now support automatically retrying failed stages and skipping stage for failed entry conditions."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-mailmanager-85745.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-mailmanager-85745.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5956a2d010..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-mailmanager-85745.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``mailmanager``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] Mail Manager support for viewing and exporting metadata of archived messages."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-securitylake-53848.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-securitylake-53848.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e6ae6e0a2..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-securitylake-53848.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``securitylake``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release updates request validation regex for resource ARNs."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-supplychain-68141.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-supplychain-68141.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 05f5b996f6..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-supplychain-68141.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``supplychain``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds AWS Supply Chain instance management functionality. Specifically adding CreateInstance, DeleteInstance, GetInstance, ListInstances, and UpdateInstance APIs."
-}
diff --git a/.changes/next-release/api-change-transfer-15570.json b/.changes/next-release/api-change-transfer-15570.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 043cebb163..0000000000
--- a/.changes/next-release/api-change-transfer-15570.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "type": "api-change",
-  "category": "``transfer``",
-  "description": "[``botocore``] This release enables customers using SFTP connectors to query the transfer status of their files to meet their monitoring needs as well as orchestrate post transfer actions."
-}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 50fc1afd3b..bbe008b414 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.35.40
+=======
+
+* api-change:``codepipeline``: [``botocore``] AWS CodePipeline V2 type pipelines now support automatically retrying failed stages and skipping stage for failed entry conditions.
+* api-change:``mailmanager``: [``botocore``] Mail Manager support for viewing and exporting metadata of archived messages.
+* api-change:``securitylake``: [``botocore``] This release updates request validation regex for resource ARNs.
+* api-change:``supplychain``: [``botocore``] This release adds AWS Supply Chain instance management functionality. Specifically adding CreateInstance, DeleteInstance, GetInstance, ListInstances, and UpdateInstance APIs.
+* api-change:``transfer``: [``botocore``] This release enables customers using SFTP connectors to query the transfer status of their files to meet their monitoring needs as well as orchestrate post transfer actions.
+
+
 1.35.39
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index b66260d5e8..bc6a6193be 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.35.39'
+__version__ = '1.35.40'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3bee4e7593..8c7ac9e7b3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.35.39,<1.36.0
+    botocore>=1.35.40,<1.36.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7199d94c02..454244684d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.35.39,<1.36.0',
+    'botocore>=1.35.40,<1.36.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]