diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5df070d95152b5bc273b91fd3a517568e3f23177..1f5712d1c28fcb108ed4026b2c38c5e8616a5eeb 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 v1.40.51
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.55
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	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 abd8f6619280d7d25a72b8bb416debc21d6186ad..f908892b9019164949dd9423d0dbfa9e1cb8984a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ 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-radix v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20190424111038-f61b66f89f4a/go.mod h1:lB+ZfQJz7igIIfQNfa7Ml4HSf2uFQQRzpGGRXenZAgY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.51 h1:FfxDcjWqhMGwy+raf5Zf6AH8qsHIl9YG2dvJIBx1Aw4=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.51/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.55 h1:l5xNBmafEAfdJIIe32QbTLG3j/JscH8fzZqYyMlntuI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.55/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
 github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:+zsyZBPWlz7T6j88CTgSN5bM796AkVf0kBD4zp0CCIs=
 github.com/bketelsen/crypt v0.0.4/go.mod h1:aI6NrJ0pMGgvZKL1iVgXLnfIFJtfV+bKCoqOes/6LfM=
 github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA12rnyqOA5BBL4O983OfeGPqjHWSTneU=