diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 52db933d4..98fbb5e3a 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ zip_safe = false
 
 [options.extras_require]
 amazon =
-    apache-airflow-providers-amazon>=8.17.0
+    # Update version when the below RC is released
+    apache-airflow-providers-amazon>=8.18.0rc1
     aiobotocore>=2.1.1
 apache.hive =
     apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive>=6.1.5
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ mypy =
 # All extras from above except 'mypy', 'docs' and 'tests'
 all =
     aiobotocore>=2.1.1
-    apache-airflow-providers-amazon>=8.17.0
+    # Update version when the below RC is released
+    apache-airflow-providers-amazon>=8.18.0rc1
     apache-airflow-providers-apache-hive>=6.1.5
     apache-airflow-providers-apache-livy>=3.7.1
     apache-airflow-providers-cncf-kubernetes>=4