diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8a2b85d8d..cfac75504 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/sigstore/policy-controller
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.259
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.261
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.2.2
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6ef3e6012..fca7ed19e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200907205600-7a23bdc65eef/go.mod h1:WaHUgvxTVq04UNunO+XhnAqY/wQc+bxr74GqbsZ/Jqw=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2 h1:DklsrG3dyBCFEj5IhUbnKptjxatkF07cF2ak3yi77so=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2/go.mod h1:WaHUgvxTVq04UNunO+XhnAqY/wQc+bxr74GqbsZ/Jqw=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.259 h1:7yDn1dcv4DZFMKpu+2exIH5O6ipNj9qXrKfdMUaIJwY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.259/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.261 h1:PcTMX/QVk+P3yh2n34UzuXDF5FS2z5Lse2bt+r3IpU4=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.261/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.17.1/go.mod h1:JLnGeGONAyi2lWXI1p0PCIOIy333JMVK1U7Hf0aRFLw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.0 h1:882kkTpSFhdgYRKVZ/VCgf7sd0ru57p2JCxz4/oN5RY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.0/go.mod h1:uzbQtefpm44goOPmdKyAlXSNcwlRgF3ePWVW6EtJvvw=