diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e77597278..4e8b67a22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.14.0</jackson.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.7</aspectj.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.18.13</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.18.18</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.13.0</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.1.2</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>