diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 48ac69ca4..ad1c2eb51 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.2</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.11.2</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.125</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.126</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index 0b43cc612..e5156adee 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>2.20.125</version>
+            <version>2.20.126</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0926e8211..d75a731b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.7</aspectj.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.125</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.20.126</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>