diff --git a/internal/aws/awsutil/go.mod b/internal/aws/awsutil/go.mod
index cc09dd233694..8c7211f6c6e6 100644
--- a/internal/aws/awsutil/go.mod
+++ b/internal/aws/awsutil/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/aw
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.30
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.36
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.16.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210119194325-5f4716e94777
diff --git a/internal/aws/awsutil/go.sum b/internal/aws/awsutil/go.sum
index 4125ac44080f..e16096061ab4 100644
--- a/internal/aws/awsutil/go.sum
+++ b/internal/aws/awsutil/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.30 h1:X+JDSwkpSQfoLqH4fBLmS0rou8W/cdCCCD5lntTk9Vs=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.30/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.36 h1:MiqzQY/IOFTX/jmGse7ThafD0eyOC4TrCLv2KY1v+bI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.36/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 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=