diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ce77268e..544f7673 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ IMAGE ?= $(REPO):$(VERSION)
 CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=true"
 
 # app mesh aws-sdk-go override in case we need to build against a custom version
-# TODO(fawadkhaliq/achevuru) remove the override when aws sdk with virtual gateway is released
-APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE ?= "y"
+APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE ?= "n"
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
 ifeq (,$(shell go env GOBIN))
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 797af073..2c7e0f00 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aws/aws-app-mesh-controller-for-k8s
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.32.4
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.5
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 69fa1ee0..735b0237 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200108200545-475eaeb16496/go.mod h1:o
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.11/go.mod h1:mFuSZ37Z9YOHbQEwBWztmVzqXrEkub65tZoCYDt7FT0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.32.4 h1:J2OMvipVB5dPIn+VH7L5rOqM4WoTsBxOqv+I06sjYOM=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.32.4/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.5 h1:p2fr1ryvNTU6avUWLI+/H7FGv0TBIjzVM5WDgXBBv4U=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.5/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20160804104726-4c0e84591b9a/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0 h1:HWo1m869IqiPhD389kmkxeTalrjNbbJTC8LXupb+sl0=