diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/common.py b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
index 40c9c582b8c..54f1dff2986 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/common.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/common.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 
 COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_NAME = "community.aws"
-COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "8.0.0"
+COMMUNITY_AWS_COLLECTION_VERSION = "8.1.0"