diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf5d8cd387f1..46e05c333eb7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Pallinder/go-randomdata v1.2.0
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.1
 	github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.28
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.46.0
 	github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.31.1-0.20231019191151-73c0fd546f75
 	github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat v0.0.0-20231010173459-62c25a3ea85c
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c2447694446c..e3db90e43d87 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.2/go.mod h1:7gtRlve5FxPPgIgX36uWBX58OdBsSS6
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible h1:4SOWQ7Qs+oroOTQOYnAHqelpCO0biHSxpiH9JdtuBj0=
 github.com/avast/retry-go v3.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:XtSnn+n/sHqQIpZ10K1qAevBhOOCWBLXXy3hyiqqBrY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.28 h1:p2ATcaK6ffSw4yZ2UAGzgRyRXwKyOJY6ZCiKqj5miJE=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.28/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.46.0 h1:Igh7W8P+sA6mXJ9yhreOSweefLapcqekhxQlY1llxcM=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.46.0/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.31.1-0.20231019191151-73c0fd546f75 h1:YGsJA1sH7xW749onvhczydUZksdMm3PB/AJr8qcZllA=
 github.com/aws/karpenter-core v0.31.1-0.20231019191151-73c0fd546f75/go.mod h1:rb3kp/3cj38tACF6udfpmIvKoQMwirSVoHNlrd66LyE=
 github.com/aws/karpenter/tools/kompat v0.0.0-20231010173459-62c25a3ea85c h1:oXWwIttmjYLbBKhLazG21aQvpJ3NOOr8IXhCJ/p6e/M=