diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d3f6eea4..ef49cbf7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Jinja2
 pyyaml
 # AWS SDK
 boto3==1.42.97
-botocore==1.42.96
+botocore==1.42.97
 # Ansible
 # IMPORTANT: ansible-core >=2.19 breaks Windows module execution over AWS SSM.
 # In 2.19+, the `has_pipelining` gate was removed from `is_pipelining_enabled()`,