diff --git a/.changes/1.35.69.json b/.changes/1.35.69.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b55e07fbd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.35.69.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``directconnect``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Update DescribeDirectConnectGatewayAssociations API to return associated core network information if a Direct Connect gateway is attached to a Cloud WAN core network.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``networkmanager``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds native Direct Connect integration on Cloud WAN enabling customers to directly attach their Direct Connect gateways to Cloud WAN without the need for an intermediate Transit Gateway.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``s3``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Simple Storage Service / Features: Add support for ETag based conditional writes in PutObject and CompleteMultiPartUpload APIs to prevent unintended object modifications.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml b/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml
index a9623e8feb..9ddae83db3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/closed-issue-message.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         permissions:
             issues: write
         steps:
-        - uses: aws-actions/closed-issue-message@80edfc24bdf1283400eb04d20a8a605ae8bf7d48
+        - uses: aws-actions/closed-issue-message@37548691e7cc75ba58f85c9f873f9eee43590449
           with:
             # These inputs are both required
             repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 53fcfc1e2d..b1337bb934 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.35.69
+=======
+
+* api-change:``directconnect``: [``botocore``] Update DescribeDirectConnectGatewayAssociations API to return associated core network information if a Direct Connect gateway is attached to a Cloud WAN core network.
+* api-change:``networkmanager``: [``botocore``] This release adds native Direct Connect integration on Cloud WAN enabling customers to directly attach their Direct Connect gateways to Cloud WAN without the need for an intermediate Transit Gateway.
+* api-change:``s3``: [``botocore``] Amazon Simple Storage Service / Features: Add support for ETag based conditional writes in PutObject and CompleteMultiPartUpload APIs to prevent unintended object modifications.
+
+
 1.35.68
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index 264b86a2a4..589e71a3a0 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.35.68'
+__version__ = '1.35.69'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/docs/source/guide/credentials.rst b/docs/source/guide/credentials.rst
index 9fa24c9125..4e2fd134e1 100644
--- a/docs/source/guide/credentials.rst
+++ b/docs/source/guide/credentials.rst
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Boto3 will look in several locations when searching for credentials. The mechani
 #. Shared credential file (``~/.aws/credentials``)
 #. AWS config file (``~/.aws/config``)
 #. Boto2 config file (``/etc/boto.cfg`` and ``~/.boto``)
+#. Container credential provider
 #. Instance metadata service on an Amazon EC2 instance that has an IAM role configured.
 
 Each of those locations is discussed in more detail below.
@@ -287,6 +288,11 @@ Boto3 will attempt to load credentials from the Boto2 config file. It first chec
     This credential provider is primarily for backwards compatibility purposes with Boto2.
 
 
+Container credential provider
+---------
+If you are using Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) or Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), you can obtain credentials by specifying an HTTP endpoint as an environment variable.  The SDK will request credentials from the specified endpoint.  For more information, see `Container credential provider <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkref/latest/guide/feature-container-credentials.html>`_ in the Amazon SDKs and Tools Reference Guide.
+
+
 IAM roles
 ---------
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 46846b3301..0bae8258d6 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.35.68,<1.36.0
+    botocore>=1.35.69,<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 445c2db290..a0a8a5fd28 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.35.68,<1.36.0',
+    'botocore>=1.35.69,<1.36.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.10.0,<0.11.0',
 ]