diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58f562a046283..da2ff8e97ce20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
     <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
     <aws.kinesis.client.version>1.12.0</aws.kinesis.client.version>
     <!-- Should be consistent with Kinesis client dependency -->
-    <aws.java.sdk.version>1.11.655</aws.java.sdk.version>
+    <aws.java.sdk.version>1.12.720</aws.java.sdk.version>
     <aws.java.sdk.v2.version>2.29.52</aws.java.sdk.v2.version>
     <!-- the producer is used in tests -->
     <aws.kinesis.producer.version>0.12.8</aws.kinesis.producer.version>