diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
index 6a2b1735..4ce4e134 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-events-sdk-transformer/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <sdk.v1.version>1.11.914</sdk.v1.version>
-    <sdk.v2.version>2.15.40</sdk.v2.version>
+    <sdk.v2.version>2.26.8</sdk.v2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <distributionManagement>