Release 2.40.6. Updated CHANGELOG.md, README.md and all pom.xml.

Author: AWS

.changes/2.40.6.json

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+    "version": "2.40.6",
+    "date": "2025-12-10",
+    "entries": [
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWSBillingConductor",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Launch itemized custom line item and service line item filter"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "AWS Signer",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Adds support for Signer GetRevocationStatus with updated endpoints"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon Bedrock",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Automated Reasoning checks in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails is capable of generating policy scenarios to validate policies. The GetAutomatedReasoningPolicyBuildWorkflowResultAssets API now adds POLICY SCENARIO asset type, allowing customers to retrieve scenarios generated by the build workflow."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon CloudWatch",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "This release introduces two additional protocols AWS JSON 1.1 and Smithy RPC v2 CBOR, replacing the currently utilized one, AWSQuery. AWS SDKs will prioritize the protocol that is the most performant for each language."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Amazon OpenSearch Service",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "The CreateApplication API now supports an optional kms key arn parameter to allow customers to specify a CMK for application encryption."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "Partner Central Selling API",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "Adds support for the new Project.AwsPartition field on Opportunity and AWS Opportunity Summary. Use this field to specify the AWS partition where the opportunity will be deployed."
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "feature",
+            "category": "odb",
+            "contributor": "",
+            "description": "The following APIs now return CloudExadataInfrastructureArn and OdbNetworkArn fields for improved resource identification and AWS service integration - GetCloudVmCluster, ListCloudVmClusters, GetCloudAutonomousVmCluster, and ListCloudAutonomousVmClusters."
+        }
+    ]
+}

.changes/next-release/feature-AWSBillingConductor-88d56d8.json

@@ -1,4 +1,33 @@
  #### 👋 _Looking for changelogs for older versions? You can find them in the [changelogs](./changelogs) directory._
+# __2.40.6__ __2025-12-10__
+## __AWS Signer__
+  - ### Features
+    - Adds support for Signer GetRevocationStatus with updated endpoints
+
+## __AWSBillingConductor__
+  - ### Features
+    - Launch itemized custom line item and service line item filter
+
+## __Amazon Bedrock__
+  - ### Features
+    - Automated Reasoning checks in Amazon Bedrock Guardrails is capable of generating policy scenarios to validate policies. The GetAutomatedReasoningPolicyBuildWorkflowResultAssets API now adds POLICY SCENARIO asset type, allowing customers to retrieve scenarios generated by the build workflow.
+
+## __Amazon CloudWatch__
+  - ### Features
+    - This release introduces two additional protocols AWS JSON 1.1 and Smithy RPC v2 CBOR, replacing the currently utilized one, AWSQuery. AWS SDKs will prioritize the protocol that is the most performant for each language.
+
+## __Amazon OpenSearch Service__
+  - ### Features
+    - The CreateApplication API now supports an optional kms key arn parameter to allow customers to specify a CMK for application encryption.
+
+## __Partner Central Selling API__
+  - ### Features
+    - Adds support for the new Project.AwsPartition field on Opportunity and AWS Opportunity Summary. Use this field to specify the AWS partition where the opportunity will be deployed.
+
+## __odb__
+  - ### Features
+    - The following APIs now return CloudExadataInfrastructureArn and OdbNetworkArn fields for improved resource identification and AWS service integration - GetCloudVmCluster, ListCloudVmClusters, GetCloudAutonomousVmCluster, and ListCloudAutonomousVmClusters.
+
 # __2.40.5__ __2025-12-09__
 ## __AWS Account__
   - ### Features

.changes/next-release/feature-AWSSigner-0067836.json

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ To automatically manage module versions (currently all modules have the same ver
     <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
       <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-      <version>2.40.5</version>
+      <version>2.40.6</version>
       <type>pom</type>
       <scope>import</scope>
     </dependency>
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ Alternatively you can add dependencies for the specific services you use only:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>ec2</artifactId>
-  <version>2.40.5</version>
+  <version>2.40.6</version>
 </dependency>
 <dependency>
   <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>s3</artifactId>
-  <version>2.40.5</version>
+  <version>2.40.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ You can import the whole SDK into your project (includes *ALL* services). Please
 <dependency>
   <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>aws-sdk-java</artifactId>
-  <version>2.40.5</version>
+  <version>2.40.6</version>
 </dependency>
 ```