diff --git a/lib/cdk-pipeline-stack.ts b/lib/cdk-pipeline-stack.ts
index 125433f..a3f99cc 100644
--- a/lib/cdk-pipeline-stack.ts
+++ b/lib/cdk-pipeline-stack.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { DeepracerEventManagerStack } from './drem-app-stack';
 
 // Constants
 const NODE_VERSION = '18'; // other possible options: stable, latest, lts
-const CDK_VERSION = '2.122.0'; // other possible options: latest
+const CDK_VERSION = '2.166.0'; // other possible options: latest
 const AMPLIFY_VERSION = '12.8.2';
 
 export interface InfrastructurePipelineStageProps extends cdk.StackProps {
diff --git a/lib/constructs/models-manager-car-upload-step-function.ts b/lib/constructs/models-manager-car-upload-step-function.ts
index 480d9c4..a9eab84 100644
--- a/lib/constructs/models-manager-car-upload-step-function.ts
+++ b/lib/constructs/models-manager-car-upload-step-function.ts
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ export class CarUploadStepFunction extends Construct {
     this.stepFunction = new stepFunctions.StateMachine(this, 'CarStatusUpdater', {
       definition: definition,
       tracingEnabled: true,
+      timeout: Duration.minutes(10),
       /*logs: {
         destination: car_status_update_SM_log_group,
         level: stepFunctions.LogLevel.ALL,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de23d02..bc3760e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "@types/prettier": "3.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.5.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.5.0",
-    "aws-cdk": "2.93.0",
+    "aws-cdk": "2.122.0",
     "eslint": "^8.48.0",
     "eslint-config-node": "^4.1.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.0.0",
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
     "typescript": "5.2.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha": "^2.93.0-alpha.0",
-    "aws-cdk-lib": "2.93.0",
+    "@aws-cdk/aws-lambda-python-alpha": "^2.122.0-alpha.0",
+    "aws-cdk-lib": "2.122.0",
     "awscdk-appsync-utils": "^0.0.190",
     "cdk-nag": "2.27.111",
     "cdk-serverless-clamscan": "^2.5.64",