diff --git a/internal/aws/xray/go.mod b/internal/aws/xray/go.mod
index 1c48ac72345c..4fc6e217f3d6 100644
--- a/internal/aws/xray/go.mod
+++ b/internal/aws/xray/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/internal/aws/xr
 go 1.16
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.39.5
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 )
diff --git a/internal/aws/xray/go.sum b/internal/aws/xray/go.sum
index 79765dc1b9ae..462bbc63d359 100644
--- a/internal/aws/xray/go.sum
+++ b/internal/aws/xray/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.39.5 h1:yoJEE1NJxbpZ3CtPxvOSFJ9ByxiXmBTKk8J+XU5ldtg=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.39.5/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.3 h1:NzjcLRsb+C9L1dVPajdNbdzkuPBi0pQJWiQW0eYJGo8=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.3/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/jmespath/go-jmespath v0.4.0 h1:BEgLn5cpjn8UN1mAw4NjwDrS35OdebyEtFe+9YPoQUg=