diff --git a/release/cli/go.mod b/release/cli/go.mod
index 4d5bcd45967c..c4df9d2c6189 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.mod
+++ b/release/cli/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/release/cli
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.36
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3
 	github.com/aws/eks-anywhere v0.18.0
 	github.com/aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/release v0.0.0-20211103003257-a7e2379eae5e
diff --git a/release/cli/go.sum b/release/cli/go.sum
index 7816fb278745..b4d14403715f 100644
--- a/release/cli/go.sum
+++ b/release/cli/go.sum
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:l
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200428143746-21a406dcc535 h1:4daAzAu0S6Vi7/lbWECcX0j45yZReDZ56BQsrVBOEEY=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200428143746-21a406dcc535/go.mod h1:oGkLhpf+kjZl6xBf758TQhh5XrAeiJv/7FRz/2spLIg=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.40/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.36 h1:PjWXHwZPuTLMR1NIb8nEjLucZBMzmf84TLoLbD8BZqk=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.36/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.3 h1:OqSyEXcJwf/XhZNVpMRgKlLA9nmbo5X8dwbll4RWxq8=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.3/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3 h1:xYiLpZTQs1mzvz5PaI6uR0Wh57ippuEthxS4iK5v0n0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3/go.mod h1:35hUlJVYd+M++iLI3ALmVwMOyRYMmRqUXpTtRGW+K9I=
 github.com/aws/eks-distro-build-tooling/release v0.0.0-20211103003257-a7e2379eae5e h1:GB6Cn9yKEt31mDF7RrVWyM9WoppNkGYth8zBPIJGJ+w=