diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
index bd247c7676..05dd79d66e 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/package.json
@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@
     "@opentelemetry/propagation-utils": "^0.27.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "3.37.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "3.37.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.37.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/client-sqs": "3.37.0",
-    "@aws-sdk/types": "3.37.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "3.85.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-lambda": "3.85.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.85.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-sqs": "3.85.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-sns": "3.85.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/types": "3.78.0",
     "@opentelemetry/api": "1.0.1",
     "@opentelemetry/contrib-test-utils": "0.29.0",
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "1.2.0",
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/mock-responses/sns-publish.xml b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/mock-responses/sns-publish.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a8091c8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/mock-responses/sns-publish.xml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?><PublishResponse xmlns="http://sns.amazonaws.com/doc/2010-03-31/"><PublishResult><MessageId>90d1987b-4853-54ad-a499-c2d89c4edf3a</MessageId></PublishResult><ResponseMetadata><RequestId>d81e4f4f-2d70-51f3-a040-15ecf96d5a64</RequestId></ResponseMetadata></PublishResponse>
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
index 2c2be487f7..a930dba4a1 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-sdk/test/sns.test.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import {
 const instrumentation = registerInstrumentationTesting(
   new AwsInstrumentation()
 );
-import * as AWS from 'aws-sdk';
+import * as AWSv2 from 'aws-sdk';
+import { SNS as SNSv3 } from '@aws-sdk/client-sns';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as nock from 'nock';
 
 import { mockV2AwsSend } from './testing-utils';
 import * as expect from 'expect';
@@ -41,9 +44,9 @@ const responseMockSuccess = {
 const topicName = 'topic';
 const fakeARN = `arn:aws:sns:region:000000000:${topicName}`;
 
-describe('SNS', () => {
+describe('SNS - v2', () => {
   before(() => {
-    AWS.config.credentials = {
+    AWSv2.config.credentials = {
       accessKeyId: 'test key id',
       expired: false,
       expireTime: new Date(),
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
 
   describe('publish', () => {
     it('topic arn', async () => {
-      const sns = new AWS.SNS();
+      const sns = new AWSv2.SNS();
 
       await sns
         .publish({
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
     });
 
     it('phone number', async () => {
-      const sns = new AWS.SNS();
+      const sns = new AWSv2.SNS();
       const PhoneNumber = 'my phone number';
       await sns
         .publish({
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
     });
 
     it('inject context propagation', async () => {
-      const sns = new AWS.SNS();
+      const sns = new AWSv2.SNS();
       const hookSpy = sinon.spy(
         (instrumentation['servicesExtensions'] as any)['services'].get('SNS'),
         'requestPostSpanHook'
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
 
   describe('createTopic', () => {
     it('basic createTopic creates a valid span', async () => {
-      const sns = new AWS.SNS();
+      const sns = new AWSv2.SNS();
 
       const Name = 'my new topic';
       await sns.createTopic({ Name }).promise();
@@ -160,3 +163,70 @@ describe('SNS', () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('SNS - v3', () => {
+  let sns: any;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sns = new SNSv3({
+      region: 'us-east-1',
+      credentials: {
+        accessKeyId: 'abcde',
+        secretAccessKey: 'abcde',
+      },
+    });
+
+    nock('https://sns.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/')
+      .post('/')
+      .reply(
+        200,
+        fs.readFileSync('./test/mock-responses/sns-publish.xml', 'utf8')
+      );
+  });
+
+  describe('publish', () => {
+    it('topic arn', async () => {
+      const topicV3Name = 'dummy-sns-v3-topic';
+      await sns.publish({
+        Message: 'sns message',
+        TopicArn: `arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:000000000:${topicV3Name}`,
+      });
+
+      const publishSpans = getTestSpans().filter(
+        (s: ReadableSpan) => s.name === `${topicV3Name} send`
+      );
+      expect(publishSpans.length).toBe(1);
+
+      const publishSpan = publishSpans[0];
+      expect(
+        publishSpan.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION_KIND]
+      ).toBe(MessagingDestinationKindValues.TOPIC);
+      expect(
+        publishSpan.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]
+      ).toBe(topicV3Name);
+      expect(publishSpan.attributes[SemanticAttributes.RPC_METHOD]).toBe(
+        'Publish'
+      );
+      expect(publishSpan.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_SYSTEM]).toBe(
+        'aws.sns'
+      );
+      expect(publishSpan.kind).toBe(SpanKind.PRODUCER);
+    });
+
+    it('phone number', async () => {
+      const PhoneNumber = 'my phone number';
+      await sns.publish({
+        Message: 'sns message',
+        PhoneNumber,
+      });
+
+      const publishSpans = getTestSpans().filter(
+        (s: ReadableSpan) => s.name === 'phone_number send'
+      );
+      expect(publishSpans.length).toBe(1);
+      const publishSpan = publishSpans[0];
+      expect(
+        publishSpan.attributes[SemanticAttributes.MESSAGING_DESTINATION]
+      ).toBe(PhoneNumber);
+    });
+  });
+});