diff --git a/.changelog/19ee02ef77a844e99a61b56abe3d52f4.json b/.changelog/19ee02ef77a844e99a61b56abe3d52f4.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fc27052e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/19ee02ef77a844e99a61b56abe3d52f4.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": "19ee02ef-77a8-44e9-9a61-b56abe3d52f4",
+    "type": "dependency",
+    "description": "Temporarily re-add jmespath dependency.",
+    "modules": [
+        "."
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5f67886570c..ed9bdfdfc38 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2
 
-require github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.3
+require (
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.3
+	github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0
+)
 
 go 1.20
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 07970476de0..eb1604bcdab 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,14 @@
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.3 h1:ryHwveWzPV5BIof6fyDvor6V3iUL7nTfiTKXHiW05nE=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.3/go.mod h1:krry+ya/rV9RDcV/Q16kpu6ypI4K2czasz0NC3qS14E=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9YPoQUg=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0/go.mod h1:T8mJZnbsbmF+m6zOOFylbeCJqk5+pHWvzYPziyZiYoo=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1 h1:shLQSRRSCCPj3f2gpwzGwWFoC7ycTf1rcQZHOlsJ6N8=
+github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath/internal/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:L3OGu8Wl2/fWfCI6z80xFu9LTZmf1ZRjMHUOPmWr69U=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8 h1:obN1ZagJSUGI0Ek/LBmuj4SNLPfIny3KsKFopxRdj10=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/jmespath.go b/jmespath.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12a0e654e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jmespath.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package sdk
+
+import "github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath"
+
+// Temporarily pin go-jmespath as a direct dependency.
+// FUTURE: remove this once all waiters are code-generated.
+var _ = jmespath.Search