diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ca51850bb42e2c83525c058cfb339c523674f0a8..d13fb1270d8229bde44ec672a3d2ab29f7b30f57 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 v1.43.12
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.18
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.6
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 795f3ca01c2b136b781f81758b4b4c372d32d137..88894438be714ca061710aa9bad4ae0641a9af6c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.3.10/go.mod h1:4O98XIr/9W0sxpJ8UaYkvjk10Iff7SnFrb
 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 v1.43.12 h1:wOdx6+reSDpUBFEuJDA6edCrojzy8rOtMzhS2rD9+7M=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.12/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.18 h1:nwLaIz2m1f7YBEMNyEc6bBB276AIEaGaIQrc2G9h4zY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.43.18/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 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=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=