diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index bbb5f3c3628..23194262a75 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.55
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.20.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.20.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index 759ef289c4a..4770407bbca 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51 h1:aKQmbVbwOCuQSd8+fm/MR3bq0QOsu9Q7S+/QEND36oQ=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.51/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.55 h1:1Wv5CE1Zy0hJ6MJUQ1ekFiCsNKBK5W69+towYQ1P4Vs=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.55/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=