diff --git a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
index 90b616ca8c0..e5a3a292b51 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws/ec2
 go 1.21
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.16
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.18
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.27.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.27.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
index a19e42d51f1..219cad441ad 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.16 h1:8oZjKQO/ml1WLUZw5hvF7pvYjPf8o9f57Wldoy/q9Qc=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.16/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.18 h1:BeMeCK5e3bDGJj675FhnO94zRci8O35ombWXRvYomJs=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.53.18/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=