diff --git a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
index add1ccc2023..02ae214fd8e 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws/ec2
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.37
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.42
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.5
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.7.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
index 96b26e0664b..c1bc7fa0b68 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/ec2/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.37 h1:KvDxCX6dfJeEDC77U5GPGSP0ErecmNnhDHFxw+NIvlI=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.37/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.42 h1:sPkafCTLh2diZtDojetwbhU7QWQljYvc3PRjnrgKFlE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.42/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=