diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 41c834e..f7015eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@
 /botocore-1.12.241.tar.gz
 /botocore-1.12.242.tar.gz
 /botocore-1.12.243.tar.gz
+/botocore-1.12.253.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-botocore.spec b/python-botocore.spec
index d836737..75d5cfa 100644
--- a/python-botocore.spec
+++ b/python-botocore.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 %global pypi_name botocore
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        1.12.243
+Version:        1.12.253
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3
 
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ nosetests-3 --with-coverage --cover-erase --cover-package botocore --with-xunit
 %endif # with docs
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Oct 19 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.12.253-1
+- Merge changes from 1.12.253 release. (#1677950)
+
 * Fri Oct 04 2019 David Duncan davdunc@amazon.com - 1.12.243-1
 - Merge changes from 1.12.243 release. (#1677950)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9015226..0db3206 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (botocore-1.12.243.tar.gz) = 7257ddbe168187b2cb82a797e49dad7bcd097e8517189b33f65b7b6d261b8d2beb8cec7e4dd2aa6ebc02e145ae370bbd1dbfd8c8a88527f4b90feb148cc448ee
+SHA512 (botocore-1.12.253.tar.gz) = d5bd6a8da0f668b406030a181709f8e34540cfc4da460fa60e4311e02ad4e7beb44f5363047dc95c69029bf0e70a43b5baa4dc690766225fe1bfcbfb0bfd916e