diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1f2048..1f5555b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -111,3 +111,4 @@
 /awscli-1.16.251.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.252.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.253.tar.gz
+/awscli-1.16.263.tar.gz
diff --git a/awscli.spec b/awscli.spec
index 6b6e4e9..e6782fa 100644
--- a/awscli.spec
+++ b/awscli.spec
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 %bcond_without python3
 %endif
 
-%global botocore_version        1.12.243
+%global botocore_version        1.12.253
 
 Name:           awscli
-Version:        1.16.253
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        1.16.263
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Universal Command Line Environment for AWS
 
 License:        ASL 2.0 and MIT
 URL:            http://aws.amazon.com/cli
 Source0:        https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/source/a/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-# Patch1:         relax-dependencies.patch # No longer required 
+
 BuildArch:      noarch
 %if %{with python3}
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/aws.cmd
 %endif # with python3
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Oct 19 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.263-
+- Merge changes from 1.16.263 release.
+
 * Thu Oct 10 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.253-2
 - Merge changes from 1.16.253 release.
 - Remove relax-dependencies patch requirement. 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 8cf9579..2a86e4a 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (awscli-1.16.253.tar.gz) = 4d4c7ce5b741ae0fa2984fd8cec490e5cb1c076a2de97186c1e7566f7e30994c34f125976806f77977476957db23bb904192dfcd69a27b4d4baf559d8c0bed45
+SHA512 (awscli-1.16.263.tar.gz) = 3370357a9a2e36cfb5cda6d1b098440ba7d18b41fbda7e63ef8b77e3132d9b277cac2fce2db69eaa73a8782bca1b243084102d1132ce91eaf1a6af9645d526cf