diff --git a/.changes/1.36.8.json b/.changes/1.36.8.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd495dfc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.36.8.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``appsync``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Add stash and outErrors to EvaluateCode/EvaluateMappingTemplate response",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``datasync``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] AWS DataSync now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol for SMB locations.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``deadline``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] feature: Deadline: Add support for limiting the concurrent usage of external resources, like floating licenses, using limits and the ability to constrain the maximum number of workers that work on a job",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``ec2``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release changes the CreateFleet CLI and SDK's such that if you do not specify a client token, a randomly generated token is used for the request to ensure idempotency.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``firehose``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] For AppendOnly streams, Firehose will automatically scale to match your throughput.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``timestream-influxdb``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adds 'allocatedStorage' parameter to UpdateDbInstance API that allows increasing the database instance storage size and 'dbStorageType' parameter to UpdateDbInstance API that allows changing the storage type of the database instance",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 3417052e15..b33355b7e6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.36.8
+======
+
+* api-change:``appsync``: [``botocore``] Add stash and outErrors to EvaluateCode/EvaluateMappingTemplate response
+* api-change:``datasync``: [``botocore``] AWS DataSync now supports the Kerberos authentication protocol for SMB locations.
+* api-change:``deadline``: [``botocore``] feature: Deadline: Add support for limiting the concurrent usage of external resources, like floating licenses, using limits and the ability to constrain the maximum number of workers that work on a job
+* api-change:``ec2``: [``botocore``] This release changes the CreateFleet CLI and SDK's such that if you do not specify a client token, a randomly generated token is used for the request to ensure idempotency.
+* api-change:``firehose``: [``botocore``] For AppendOnly streams, Firehose will automatically scale to match your throughput.
+* api-change:``timestream-influxdb``: [``botocore``] Adds 'allocatedStorage' parameter to UpdateDbInstance API that allows increasing the database instance storage size and 'dbStorageType' parameter to UpdateDbInstance API that allows changing the storage type of the database instance
+
+
 1.36.7
 ======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index dd7c84d998..5cf6460a5c 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 from boto3.session import Session
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.36.7'
+__version__ = '1.36.8'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a09dcdec4e..7435e55dc9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.36.7,<1.37.0
+    botocore>=1.36.8,<1.37.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.11.0,<0.12.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 70c67dd59c..16d199ce72 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.36.7,<1.37.0',
+    'botocore>=1.36.8,<1.37.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<2.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.11.0,<0.12.0',
 ]