diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 3d9bb3c67..7f9bbc6fa 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.4.0</lambda.core.version>
         <lambda.events.version>3.16.1</lambda.events.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.2</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.3</aws.sdk.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 878826077..449baba05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.20.0</jackson.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.2</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.3</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.20.0</aws.xray.recorder.version>
         <payloadoffloading-common.version>2.2.0</payloadoffloading-common.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
index ae075b71d..d5a3bb43d 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/handlers/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <maven.shade.version>3.6.1</maven.shade.version>
         <aspectj.plugin.version>1.14.1</aspectj.plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.14.1</maven.compiler.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.2</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>2.36.3</aws.sdk.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>