diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 46308486c..bc6800eca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
-        <awsjavasdk.version>1.11.728</awsjavasdk.version>
+        <awsjavasdk.version>1.12.261</awsjavasdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <!--  used for importing java projects from github -->