diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e76035eb..e6343263 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.20
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.51.3
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a9b6f3d..bfd8099c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.32.0/go.mod h1:IF5Q7wj4VyZyUFnZ54IQqeWtctHQ9tz+K
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.8.39/go.mod h1:ZRmQr0FajVIyZ4ZzBYKG5P3ZqPz9IHG41ZoMu1ADI3k=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.28/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.29/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.20 h1:xfAnSDVf/azIWTVQXQODp89bubvCS85r70O3nuQ4dnE=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.50.20/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/awslabs/goformation/v4 v4.19.5/go.mod h1:JoNpnVCBOUtEz9bFxc9sjy8uBUCLF5c4D1L7RhRTVM8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=