diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod b/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
index 247aeb8973b3..6f0517d3f2d2 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/k8
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.33
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.37
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.19.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.22.1
diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum b/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
index f4f6c0661f88..f86e52ec3a46 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb0
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/purell v1.1.1/go.mod h1:c11w/QuzBsJSee3cPx9rAFu61PvFxuPbtSwDGJws/X0=
 github.com/PuerkitoBio/urlesc v0.0.0-20170810143723-de5bf2ad4578/go.mod h1:uGdkoq3SwY9Y+13GIhn11/XLaGBb4BfwItxLd5jeuXE=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.33 h1:I9CCcb+jCC73//P+5mqeHzIMwTzJ6MDEZm8b/XoSg/w=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.33/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.37 h1:I+Q6cLctkFyMMrKukcDnj+i2kjrQ37LGiOM6xmsxC48=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.37/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0 h1:Q92kusRqC1XV2MjkWETPvjJVqKetz1OzxZB7mHJLju8=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J11/hYXuz8f4ySSvYwY0FKfm+ezbsZBKZxNJlLklBHA=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=