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 > ## [ACTION REQUIRED] Update to the EBS CSI Driver IAM Policy
 > Due to an upcoming change in handling of IAM polices for the CreateVolume API when creating a volume from an EBS snapshot, a change to your EBS CSI Driver policy may be needed. For more information and remediation steps, see [GitHub issue #2190](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-ebs-csi-driver/issues/2190).
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 # EBS CSI Driver Dependencies Upgrade Guide
 
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 ## Pre-release dependencies checklist
 
 For code security and hygiene, it’s important to keep all the dependencies up to date ahead of each EBS CSI Driver release.