diff --git a/.changes/1.18.56.json b/.changes/1.18.56.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d1ab44b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/1.18.56.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+  {
+    "category": "``sagemaker``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds a new TrainingInputMode FastFile for SageMaker Training APIs.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``amplifybackend``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Adding a new field 'AmplifyFeatureFlags' to the response of the GetBackend operation. It will return a stringified version of the cli.json file for the given Amplify project.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``fsx``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] This release adds support for Lustre 2.12 to FSx for Lustre.",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  },
+  {
+    "category": "``kendra``",
+    "description": "[``botocore``] Amazon Kendra now supports integration with AWS SSO",
+    "type": "api-change"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d27b7c35a3..7bd7ae14eb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.18.56
+=======
+
+* api-change:``sagemaker``: [``botocore``] This release adds a new TrainingInputMode FastFile for SageMaker Training APIs.
+* api-change:``amplifybackend``: [``botocore``] Adding a new field 'AmplifyFeatureFlags' to the response of the GetBackend operation. It will return a stringified version of the cli.json file for the given Amplify project.
+* api-change:``fsx``: [``botocore``] This release adds support for Lustre 2.12 to FSx for Lustre.
+* api-change:``kendra``: [``botocore``] Amazon Kendra now supports integration with AWS SSO
+
+
 1.18.55
 =======
 
diff --git a/boto3/__init__.py b/boto3/__init__.py
index a6f97f23db..5700274273 100644
--- a/boto3/__init__.py
+++ b/boto3/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 
 __author__ = 'Amazon Web Services'
-__version__ = '1.18.55'
+__version__ = '1.18.56'
 
 
 # The default Boto3 session; autoloaded when needed.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7fc655e408..54a4c4d8ac 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ universal = 0
 
 [metadata]
 requires_dist =
-    botocore>=1.21.55,<1.22.0
+    botocore>=1.21.56,<1.22.0
     jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0
     s3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 588ae03c3f..39441e0076 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 
 requires = [
-    'botocore>=1.21.55,<1.22.0',
+    'botocore>=1.21.56,<1.22.0',
     'jmespath>=0.7.1,<1.0.0',
     's3transfer>=0.5.0,<0.6.0'
 ]