diff --git a/.changes/next-release/Feature-155caa37-d5ab-444a-96f5-7dc85373258f.json b/.changes/next-release/Feature-155caa37-d5ab-444a-96f5-7dc85373258f.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7663e6aa319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/Feature-155caa37-d5ab-444a-96f5-7dc85373258f.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "type": "Feature",
+    "description": "Bumped maximum (exclusive) supported SAM CLI version from 0.40.0 to 0.50.0."
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/sam/cli/samCliValidator.ts b/src/shared/sam/cli/samCliValidator.ts
index fb878601ae8..6c8ffa304aa 100644
--- a/src/shared/sam/cli/samCliValidator.ts
+++ b/src/shared/sam/cli/samCliValidator.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { SamCliInfoInvocation, SamCliInfoResponse } from './samCliInfo'
 import { SamCliProcessInvoker } from './samCliInvokerUtils'
 
 export const MINIMUM_SAM_CLI_VERSION_INCLUSIVE = '0.32.0'
-export const MAXIMUM_SAM_CLI_VERSION_EXCLUSIVE = '0.40.0'
+export const MAXIMUM_SAM_CLI_VERSION_EXCLUSIVE = '0.50.0'
 
 // Errors
 export class InvalidSamCliError extends Error {