diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 31183ad6..e50a832f 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 v1.45.5
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.9
 	github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index be3e7c68..e57d9499 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 v1.45.5 h1:bxilnhv9FngUgdPNJmOIv2bk+2sP0dpqX3e4olhWcGM=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.5/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.9 h1:ks4nMaagM/0jeOFUxWxx9C009vkrdgm3lgcnciet1YU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.9/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 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=