diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod b/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
index d44fef2ec2cd..c7475bad29c9 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/k8
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.12
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.16
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.28.2
diff --git a/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum b/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
index 91fb752c56b4..64f42b9594c8 100644
--- a/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
+++ b/internal/aws/k8s/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.12 h1:+bKbbesGNPp+TeGrcqfrWuZoqcIEhjwKyBMHQPp80Jo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.12/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.16 h1:spca2z7UJgoQ5V2fX6XiHDCj2E65kOJAfbUPozSkE24=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.45.16/go.mod h1:aVsgQcEevwlmQ7qHE9I3h+dtQgpqhFB+i8Phjh7fkwI=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=