diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 41cba87..5fb9cec 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 3.0-M5
+
+* #26 Upgrade AWS 2 lib to 2.29.6
+
 ## 3.0-M4
 
 * #25 Upgrade AWS client libs
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 20ed085..6ca63e1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <properties>
         <bootique.version>${project.version}</bootique.version>
         <aws1.sdk.version>1.12.704</aws1.sdk.version>
-        <aws2.sdk.version>2.25.34</aws2.sdk.version>
+        <aws2.sdk.version>2.29.6</aws2.sdk.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>