diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b7d4974..85a043c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/gardener/aws-custom-route-controller
 go 1.23.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.11
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.2
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.20.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 086ffd6..8cffd82 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.11 h1:hRFpovmI+0K4kuJ8AGAblS/tU4oAoVOmCdNty8urB+M=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.11/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5 h1:KKUZBfBoyqy5d3swXyiC7Q76ic40rYcbqH7qjh59kzU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.5/go.mod h1:eRwEWoyTWFMVYVQzKMNHWP5/RV4xIUGMQfXQHfHkpNU=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=