diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8b6bace6b5..348e44cf11 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ The following tools need to be installed on your system prior to starting workin
   - If you use [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm#nvmrc) or [fnm](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm) you can install the latest LTS version with `nvm use` or `fnm use` respectively. Both will use the `.nvmrc` file in the project's root.
 - [npm 8.x](https://www.npmjs.com/)
   - After installing Node.js, you can install `npm` with `npm install -g npm@next-8` 
-- [AWS SAM CLI >= 1.39.0](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-install.html)
+- [AWS SAM CLI >= 1.49.0](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-install.html)
   - AWS SAM CLI is a command line interface for AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), it's used in one of the examples, and it's part of the pre-push hook.
 - [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
   - If you are not planning on making changes to the documentation, you can skip this step.