diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 107c8df90..077bab767 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>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.11.3</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.6</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.21</aws.sdk.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0d9e631e..93d9deb8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.22.0</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.17.0</jackson.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.6</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.21</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.15.1</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.1.3</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>