diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index 119056c2833..736ed76dce4 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 v1.38.12
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.17
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.19.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.19.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index 18d5e3336e0..0cd6dbd9583 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.12 h1:khtODkUna3iF53Cg3dCF4e6oWgrAEbZDU4x1aq+G0WY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.12/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.17 h1:1OfcfEtNrphUZYa+J0U35/1hxePbb3ASSQWdFS7L0Hs=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.17/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 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/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=