diff --git a/tools/block-generator/go.mod b/tools/block-generator/go.mod
index bc58c9a96b..3535c0a96d 100644
--- a/tools/block-generator/go.mod
+++ b/tools/block-generator/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/algorand/oapi-codegen v1.12.0-algorand.0 // indirect
 	github.com/algorand/sortition v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.6 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.0 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.34.0 // indirect
 	github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.8.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tools/block-generator/go.sum b/tools/block-generator/go.sum
index 7b3b28e77e..d571b63f99 100644
--- a/tools/block-generator/go.sum
+++ b/tools/block-generator/go.sum
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ github.com/algorand/sortition v1.0.0/go.mod h1:23CZwAbTWPv0bBsq+Php/2J6Y/iXDyzlf
 github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.6 h1:I0kV4EYwatuUrKtNiwzYYgojgwh6pksDmlqntKG2Woc=
 github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.6/go.mod h1:HJmdGzFtnlUQ4nTzZP6WrT29oGYf1t6Ybi64vROcT+M=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.0 h1:Bq5Y6VTLbfnJp1IV8EL/qUU5qO1DYHda/zis/sqevkY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.0/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.34.0 h1:brux2dRrlwCF5JhTL7MUT3WUwo9zfDHZZp3+g3Mvlmo=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.34.0/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
 github.com/aymerick/raymond v2.0.3-0.20180322193309-b565731e1464+incompatible/go.mod h1:osfaiScAUVup+UC9Nfq76eWqDhXlp+4UYaA8uhTBO6g=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0/go.mod h1:KWe93zE9D1o94FZ5RNwFwVgaQK1VOXiVxmqh+CedLV8=