diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index a682106dc27..6f2f022fcbb 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 v1.36.29
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.16.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index a7f7166aabc..b94718eb885 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.29 h1:lM1G3AF1+7vzFm0n7hfH8r2+750BTo+6Lo6FtPB7kzk=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.29/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.1 h1:BTHmuN+gzhxkvU9sac2tZvaY0gV9ihbHw+KxZOecYvY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.1/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=