diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 826f03b3..afa81ec6 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changes
 -------
 
+2.7.1 (2023-10-05)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* relax botocore dependency specification
+
 2.7.0 (2023-08-17)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * add support for Python 3.12
diff --git a/aiobotocore/__init__.py b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
index 766ce2d0..e90ba7fa 100644
--- a/aiobotocore/__init__.py
+++ b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.7.0'
+__version__ = '2.7.1'
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8d3cd8f6..277bd33a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 # NOTE: When updating botocore make sure to update awscli/boto3 versions below
 install_requires = [
     # pegged to also match items in `extras_require`
-    'botocore>=1.31.17,<1.31.18',
+    'botocore>=1.31.16,<1.31.61',
     'aiohttp>=3.7.4.post0,<4.0.0',
     'wrapt>=1.10.10, <2.0.0',
     'aioitertools>=0.5.1,<1.0.0',
 ]
 
 extras_require = {
-    'awscli': ['awscli>=1.29.17,<1.29.18'],
-    'boto3': ['boto3>=1.28.17,<1.28.18'],
+    'awscli': ['awscli>=1.29.16,<1.29.61'],
+    'boto3': ['boto3>=1.28.16,<1.28.61'],
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_patches.py b/tests/test_patches.py
index cddc6652..0e77fec6 100644
--- a/tests/test_patches.py
+++ b/tests/test_patches.py
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@
     BaseClient.__getattr__: {'3ec17f468f50789fa633d6041f40b66a2f593e77'},
     # config.py
     Config.merge: {'c3dd8c3ffe0da86953ceba4a35267dfb79c6a2c8'},
-    Config: {'4153fcb2ddf68b86f3774da1016b9cbfa1659b0b'},
+    Config: {
+        '4153fcb2ddf68b86f3774da1016b9cbfa1659b0b',
+        'c6b76ca9e061c4fee99be96fb716a49043eb1806',
+        'ef03037bbe22945d5aa83bf39854e758f1b0c768',
+    },
     # credentials.py
     create_mfa_serial_refresher: {'9b5e98782fcacdcea5899a6d0d29d1b9de348bb0'},
     Credentials.get_frozen_credentials: {
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index 21055889..a490c299 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def test_release_versions():
     # get aioboto reqs
     with (_root_path / 'setup.py').open() as f:
         content = f.read()
-        aioboto_reqs = _get_boto_module_versions(content, True)
+        aioboto_reqs = _get_boto_module_versions(content, False)
 
     # get awscli reqs
     awscli_resp = requests.get(