diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aaa7a328f2..af79b9a896 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def get_version(filename):
     zip_safe=False,
     install_requires=[
         'pyyaml>5.4',
-        'aws-sam-translator>=1.53.0',
+        'aws-sam-translator>=1.94.0',
         'jsonpatch',
         'jsonschema>=3.0,<5',
         'importlib_resources>=1.4,<4;python_version<"3.7"',