diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index f9cc0f11..a265a89a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
         include:
-          - aiohttp-version: '==3.7.4.post0'
+          - aiohttp-version: '==3.9.2'
           - aiohttp-version: '<4.0.0'
             python-version: '3.11'
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index c0945a19..4de721d0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 Changes
 -------
 
+2.13.0 (2024-05-16)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+* address breaking change introduced in `aiohttp==3.9.2` #882
+
 2.12.4 (2024-05-16)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * bump botocore dependency specification
diff --git a/aiobotocore/__init__.py b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
index 95515d62..2321a43e 100644
--- a/aiobotocore/__init__.py
+++ b/aiobotocore/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '2.12.4'
+__version__ = '2.13.0'
diff --git a/aiobotocore/httpsession.py b/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
index c8c3fe41..4c527fb5 100644
--- a/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
+++ b/aiobotocore/httpsession.py
@@ -166,8 +166,7 @@ def _create_connector(self, proxy_url):
 
         return aiohttp.TCPConnector(
             limit=self._max_pool_connections,
-            verify_ssl=bool(self._verify),
-            ssl=ssl_context,
+            ssl=ssl_context or False,
             **self._connector_args,
         )
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1c8a3ad9..1821f690 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 install_requires = [
     # pegged to also match items in `extras_require`
     'botocore>=1.34.70,<1.34.107',
-    'aiohttp>=3.7.4.post0,<4.0.0',
+    'aiohttp>=3.9.2,<4.0.0',
     'wrapt>=1.10.10, <2.0.0',
     'aioitertools>=0.5.1,<1.0.0',
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_version.py b/tests/test_version.py
index 79cde86a..e45fcdb4 100644
--- a/tests/test_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_version.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def test_release_versions():
         rst_prev_date = datetime.strptime(rst_prev_date, '%Y-%m-%d').date()
 
         assert (
-            rst_date > rst_prev_date
+            rst_date >= rst_prev_date
         ), 'Current release must be after last release'
 
     # get aioboto reqs