diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 681af53f1..f3c46d84b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.4.0</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.16.1</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.18</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.21</aws.sdk.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f586cd5c3..aa2fe8431 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.21.2</jackson.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.18</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.21</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.21.0</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.2.0</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
index 7b1fbb097..c63615b8c 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <maven.shade.version>3.6.2</maven.shade.version>
         <aspectj.plugin.version>1.14.1</aspectj.plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.15.0</maven.compiler.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.18</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.46.21</aws.sdk.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>