diff --git a/dl4j-distributed-training-examples/pom.xml b/dl4j-distributed-training-examples/pom.xml
index 1666ea124d..4fba2dd925 100644
--- a/dl4j-distributed-training-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/dl4j-distributed-training-examples/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ information regarding copyright ownership.
         <azure.hadoop.version>2.7.4</azure.hadoop.version>
         <azure.storage.version>2.0.0</azure.storage.version>
         <spark.version>2.4.8</spark.version>
-        <aws.sdk.version>1.11.109</aws.sdk.version>
+        <aws.sdk.version>1.12.261</aws.sdk.version>
         <jackson.version>2.5.1</jackson.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>