diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.mod b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.mod
index ff209d81d9f6..c2309371f1b2 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.67.0
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.2
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.3.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/common v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.sum b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.sum
index eee153ac1b0e..0f9f31398327 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.sum
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/go.sum
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200108200545-475eaeb16496/go.mod h1:o
 github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.13.3/go.mod h1:4UKl9IzQMoD+QF79YdCuzCwp8VbmG4VAQwij/eHl5CU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.34.9/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.2 h1:qK+noh6b9KW+5CP1NmmWsQCUbnzucSGrjHEs69MEl6A=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.2/go.mod h1:H7NKnBqNVzoTJpGfLrQkkD+ytBA93eiDYi/+8rV9s48=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51 h1:aKQmbVbwOCuQSd8+fm/MR3bq0QOsu9Q7S+/QEND36oQ=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=
@@ -1264,8 +1264,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200602114024-627f9648deb9/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200625001655-4c5254603344/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200707034311-ab3426394381/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200822124328-c89045814202/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200927032502-5d4f70055728 h1:5wtQIAulKU5AbLQOkjxl32UufnIOqgBX72pS0AV14H0=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200927032502-5d4f70055728/go.mod h1:/O7V0waA8r7cgGh81Ro3o1hOxt32SMVPicZroKQ2sZA=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b h1:uwuIcX0g4Yl1NC5XAz37xsr2lTtcqevgzYNVt49waME=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190402181905-9f3314589c9a/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
@@ -1350,8 +1351,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200615200032-f1bc736245b1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200625212154-ddb9806d33ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200803210538-64077c9b5642/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200821140526-fda516888d29/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200905004654-be1d3432aa8f h1:Fqb3ao1hUmOR3GkUOg/Y+BadLwykBIzs5q8Ez2SbHyc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200905004654-be1d3432aa8f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f h1:+Nyd8tzPX9R7BWHguqsrbFdRx3WQ/1ib8I44HXV5yTA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20160726164857-2910a502d2bf/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.0.0-20170915032832-14c0d48ead0c/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=