diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index b33ac607c63..d07d503c322 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.35
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.14.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.14.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index de623d340c3..b7854bb48e3 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Q5DbzQ+3AkgGwymQO7aZFNP7ns2lZKGtvRBzRXfdi60=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.35 h1:o/EbgEcIPWga7GWhJhb3tiaxqk4/goTdo5YEMdnVxgE=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.35/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.2 h1:UAeFPct+jHqWM+tgiqDrC9/sfbWj6wkcvpsJ+zdcsvA=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.2/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3 h1:vkLuvpK4fmtSCuo60+yC63p7y0BmQ8gm5ZXGuBCJyXg=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=