diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.mod b/detectors/aws/go.mod
index 052f311ef..c41a23f01 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.mod
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/detectors/aws
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.25
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.27
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC2
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC2
diff --git a/detectors/aws/go.sum b/detectors/aws/go.sum
index 6fd86fed3..079407d80 100644
--- a/detectors/aws/go.sum
+++ b/detectors/aws/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.25 h1:Depnx7O86HWgOCLD5nMto6F9Ju85Q1QuFDnbpZYQWno=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.25/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.27 h1:8fWW0CpmBZ8WWduNwl4vE9t07nMYFrhAsUHjPj81qUM=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.27/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/google/go-cmp v0.5.6 h1:BKbKCqvP6I+rmFHt06ZmyQtvB8xAkWdhFyr0ZUNZcxQ=