diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0db35de..c80eb14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -107,3 +107,4 @@
 /awscli-1.16.247.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.248.tar.gz
 /awscli-1.16.249.tar.gz
+/awscli-1.16.250.tar.gz
diff --git a/awscli.spec b/awscli.spec
index 2334d44..723725e 100644
--- a/awscli.spec
+++ b/awscli.spec
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 %bcond_without python3
 %endif
 
-%global botocore_version        1.12.239
+%global botocore_version        1.12.240
 
 Name:           awscli
-Version:        1.16.249
+Version:        1.16.250
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Universal Command Line Environment for AWS
 
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/aws.cmd
 %endif # with python3
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Oct 01 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.250-1
+- Merge changes from 1.16.250 release.
+
 * Mon Sep 30 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.16.249-1
 - Merge changes from 1.16.249 release.
 
diff --git a/relax-dependencies.patch b/relax-dependencies.patch
index b4f3981..d099dba 100644
--- a/relax-dependencies.patch
+++ b/relax-dependencies.patch
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-diff -Nur awscli-1.16.249-orig/setup.py awscli-1.16.249/setup.py
---- awscli-1.16.249-orig/setup.py	2019-09-30 22:07:34.962082384 +0000
-+++ awscli-1.16.249/setup.py	2019-09-30 22:07:35.343088332 +0000
+diff -Nur awscli-1.16.250-orig/setup.py awscli-1.16.250/setup.py
+--- awscli-1.16.250-orig/setup.py	2019-10-01 19:34:31.491752676 +0000
++++ awscli-1.16.250/setup.py	2019-10-01 19:34:31.869758685 +0000
 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  
  
- requires = ['botocore==1.12.239',
--            'colorama>=0.2.5,<=0.3.9',
-+            'colorama>=0.2.5',
-             'docutils>=0.10,<0.16',
-             'rsa>=3.1.2,<=3.5.0',
-             's3transfer>=0.2.0,<0.3.0']
+ install_requires = ['botocore==1.12.240',
+-                    'colorama>=0.2.5,<=0.3.9',
++                    'colorama>=0.2.5',
+                     'docutils>=0.10,<0.16',
+                     'rsa>=3.1.2,<=3.5.0',
+                     's3transfer>=0.2.0,<0.3.0']
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 952a208..e42501e 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (awscli-1.16.249.tar.gz) = 40e2d6d46aba0dfff3b5b50a977c9bca25330062da746b5e51257310a467ff9d0358bdd6cf47de2733f18a81d4903c138e299095eccdd9b7a2c710ad59e196a7
+SHA512 (awscli-1.16.250.tar.gz) = 172aa240f55aacf807be7336b295c9aeef88fe5dcaf282ade70f4e5818d1a2bc27f4bd8dda5d61ec723173e37d007f59b2d33a6566b36f201d375b0e36af91c5