diff --git a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sso.rb b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sso.rb
index 8de946437a9..24d8f766ac4 100644
--- a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sso.rb
+++ b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sso.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 end
 
 if Aws.autoload?(:SSO) &&
-  !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION.start_with?('9.2'))
+   !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION < '9.3')
   Aws.autoload(:SSO, __FILE__)
 end
 
diff --git a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-ssooidc.rb b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-ssooidc.rb
index 4c3cacd1a87..965f2ca13f7 100644
--- a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-ssooidc.rb
+++ b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-ssooidc.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 end
 
 if Aws.autoload?(:SSOOIDC) &&
-  !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION.start_with?('9.2'))
+   !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION < '9.3')
   Aws.autoload(:SSOOIDC, __FILE__)
 end
 
diff --git a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sts.rb b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sts.rb
index 96e49ae1f27..dd9acacb14c 100644
--- a/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sts.rb
+++ b/gems/aws-sdk-core/lib/aws-sdk-sts.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 end
 
 if Aws.autoload?(:STS) &&
-  !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION.start_with?('9.2'))
+   !(defined?(JRUBY_VERSION) && JRUBY_VERSION < '9.3')
   Aws.autoload(:STS, __FILE__)
 end