diff --git a/aws-blog-event-driven-batch-analytics/pom.xml b/aws-blog-event-driven-batch-analytics/pom.xml
index 4eff20ab..e7bef2fb 100644
--- a/aws-blog-event-driven-batch-analytics/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-blog-event-driven-batch-analytics/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <java.version>1.7</java.version>
     <spark.version>1.6.0</spark.version>
     <lambda.version>1.1.0</lambda.version>
-    <aws.sdk.version>1.10.58</aws.sdk.version>
+    <aws.sdk.version>1.12.261</aws.sdk.version>
     <aws.sdk.sts.version>1.9.6</aws.sdk.sts.version>
     <spark.redshift.connector.version>2.0.1</spark.redshift.connector.version>
     <amazon.redshift.driver.version>1.1.13</amazon.redshift.driver.version>