diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37e2b2d..1ea8d9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
       <artifactId>sqs</artifactId>
-      <version>2.20.72</version>
+      <version>2.31.40</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>