diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6885143..a3dcc28 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aws/aws-cloud-map-mcs-controller-for-k8s
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.17.7
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.19
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/servicediscovery v1.21.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 9994d55..b541ef6 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmV
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.17.7 h1:CLSjnhJSTSogvqUGhIC6LqFKATMRexcxLZ0i/Nzk9Eg=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.17.7/go.mod h1:uzbQtefpm44goOPmdKyAlXSNcwlRgF3ePWVW6EtJvvw=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.1 h1:+tefE750oAb7ZQGzla6bLkOwfcQCEtC5y2RqoqCeqKo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.18.1/go.mod h1:uzbQtefpm44goOPmdKyAlXSNcwlRgF3ePWVW6EtJvvw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.19 h1:AqFK6zFNtq4i1EYu+eC7lcKHYnZagMn6SW171la0bGw=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.18.19/go.mod h1:XvTmGMY8d52ougvakOv1RpiTLPz9dlG/OQHsKU/cMmY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.13.18 h1:EQMdtHwz0ILTW1hoP+EwuWhwCG1hD6l3+RWFQABET4c=