diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6bfbd0b..964d051 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aquasecurity/kube-bench
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.14
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.18
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.12.0
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d279e9c..699a097 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ github.com/aryann/difflib v0.0.0-20170710044230-e206f873d14a/go.mod h1:DAHtR1m6l
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
 github.com/aws/aws-lambda-go v1.13.3/go.mod h1:4UKl9IzQMoD+QF79YdCuzCwp8VbmG4VAQwij/eHl5CU=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.27.0/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.14 h1:3d5yKVtSKktnqZlNpNHzJN3vvp/GWcmrCfEwOaBpOcE=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.14/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.18 h1:ifWmCucvV20Kyx2t/l9+8gGqNzZ4CW+HO5uz8bCOK/o=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.18/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v0.18.0/go.mod h1:JWVYvqSMppoMJC0x5wdwiImzgXTI9FuZwxzkQq9wy+g=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=