diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b8a3e75e4..b3bca1ff29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     <akismet-java.version>1.02</akismet-java.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.0.3</awaitility.version>
-    <aws-java-sdk-kendra.version>1.11.954</aws-java-sdk-kendra.version>
+    <aws-java-sdk-kendra.version>1.12.629</aws-java-sdk-kendra.version>
     <commons-collections.version>4.4</commons-collections.version>
     <commons-fileupload.version>1.4</commons-fileupload.version>
     <commons-httpclient.version>3.1</commons-httpclient.version>