diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index f6dcf0ba0..c97b7813b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.11.4</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.16</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.31</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index b265319fd..321c05a52 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>url-connection-client</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.26</version>
+            <version>2.25.31</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d7489ec0..cecb4b415 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.16</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.25.31</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>