diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index ef2739ce4..d989fba75 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.94</version>
+            <version>2.20.96</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a182de0a..af11f402b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.7</aspectj.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.94</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.96</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.14.0</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.1.3</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>