diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed082c8..3002f8c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 amazon.ion>=0.7.0,<=0.9.3   # pinned per GitHub issue #164
 boto3~=1.28.79
-botocore~=1.31.79
+botocore~=1.34.30
 ionhash~=1.2.1
 pytest~=7.4.3
 pytest-cov~=4.1.0