diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index 396a92c3551..3820e5e17a6 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.7
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.12
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.15.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v0.15.0
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index 7d8ab25746a..29ee3e7d8eb 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 github.com/DataDog/sketches-go v0.0.1/go.mod h1:Q5DbzQ+3AkgGwymQO7aZFNP7ns2lZKGtvRBzRXfdi60=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.7 h1:XoJPAjKoqvdL531XGWxKYn5eGX/xMoXzMN5fBtoyfSY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.7/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.12 h1:YJpKFEMbqEoo+incs5qMe61n1JH3o4O1IMkMexLzJG8=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.36.12/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3 h1:vkLuvpK4fmtSCuo60+yC63p7y0BmQ8gm5ZXGuBCJyXg=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=