diff --git a/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.mod b/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.mod
index 25e65f0783bf..80d7ad963b12 100644
--- a/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.mod
+++ b/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/awsxra
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.10
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.15
 	github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.sum b/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.sum
index e7228fad6757..1ec6e76a61a8 100644
--- a/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.sum
+++ b/internal/awsxray/testdata/sampleapp/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.4.1 h1:ThlnYciV1iM/V0OSF/dtkqWb6xo5qITT1TJBG1MRDJM=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.4.1/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.17.12/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.10 h1:LRwl+97B4D69Z7tz+eRUxJ1C7baBaIYhgrn5eLtua+Q=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.10/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.15 h1:W7l7gLLMcYRlg6a+uvf3Zz4jYwdqYzhe5ymqwWoOhp4=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.15/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.3.0 h1:O+jtGCD4nl8CkZPWpj2O6RqNXw1v4WTtRSJhFrniQ8s=
 github.com/aws/aws-xray-sdk-go v1.3.0/go.mod h1:tmxq1c+yeEbMh39OmRFuXOrse5ajRlMmDXJ6LrCVsIs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20160907170601-6d212800a42e/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=