diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 424eff0..b288f8b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.137.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sns v1.25.5
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.25.6
-	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.17.0
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.18.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.23.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microerror v0.4.1
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aa8ee29..dd761e9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.20.3 h1:l5d5nrTFMhiUWNoLnV7QNI4m
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.20.3/go.mod h1:30gKZp2pHQJq3yTmVy+hJKDFynSoYzVqYaxe4yPi+xI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.25.6 h1:39dJNBt35p8dFSnQdoy+QbDaPenTxFqqDQFOb1GDYpE=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.25.6/go.mod h1:6DKEi+8OnUrqEEh6OCam16AYQHWAOyNgRiUGnHoh7Cg=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.17.0 h1:wWJD7LX6PBV6etBUwO0zElG0nWN9rUhp0WdYeHSHAaI=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.17.0/go.mod h1:NukqUGpCZIILqqiV0NIjeFh24kd/FAa4beRb6nbIUPE=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.18.0 h1:uWqjOwPEqjzmQXpwm/8cwUWTmFhT9Ypc8tECXrshDsI=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.18.0/go.mod h1:NukqUGpCZIILqqiV0NIjeFh24kd/FAa4beRb6nbIUPE=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=