diff --git a/index-another-concurrent-test.test.js b/index-another-concurrent-test.test.js
index 17b9739..5d99f8e 100644
--- a/index-another-concurrent-test.test.js
+++ b/index-another-concurrent-test.test.js
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-const {DocumentClient} = require('aws-sdk/clients/dynamodb');
+const {DynamoDB} = require('@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb');
+const {DynamoDBDocument} = require('@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb');
 
-const ddb = new DocumentClient({
-  convertEmptyValues: true,
-  endpoint: 'localhost:8000',
-  sslEnabled: false,
-  region: 'local-env'
-});
+const ddb = DynamoDBDocument.from(
+  new DynamoDB({
+    endpoint: 'http://localhost:8000',
+    tls: false,
+    region: 'local-env'
+  }),
+  {
+    marshallOptions: {
+      convertEmptyValues: true
+    }
+  }
+);
 
 it('should insert item into another table concurrently', async () => {
-  await ddb.put({TableName: 'users', Item: {id: '1', hello: 'world'}}).promise();
+  await ddb.put({TableName: 'users', Item: {id: '1', hello: 'world'}});
 
-  const {Item} = await ddb.get({TableName: 'users', Key: {id: '1'}}).promise();
+  const {Item} = await ddb.get({TableName: 'users', Key: {id: '1'}});
 
   expect(Item).toEqual({
     id: '1',
diff --git a/index.test.js b/index.test.js
index 37e16c0..78bd2b8 100644
--- a/index.test.js
+++ b/index.test.js
@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
-const {DocumentClient} = require('aws-sdk/clients/dynamodb');
+const {DynamoDB} = require('@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb');
+const {DynamoDBDocument} = require('@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb');
 
-const ddb = new DocumentClient({
-  convertEmptyValues: true,
-  endpoint: 'localhost:8000',
-  sslEnabled: false,
-  region: 'local-env'
-});
+const ddb = DynamoDBDocument.from(
+  new DynamoDB({
+    endpoint: 'http://localhost:8000',
+    tls: false,
+    region: 'local-env'
+  }),
+  {
+    marshallOptions: {
+      convertEmptyValues: true
+    }
+  }
+);
 
 it('should insert item into table', async () => {
-  await ddb.put({TableName: 'files', Item: {id: '1', hello: 'world'}}).promise();
+  await ddb.put({TableName: 'files', Item: {id: '1', hello: 'world'}});
 
-  const {Item} = await ddb.get({TableName: 'files', Key: {id: '1'}}).promise();
+  const {Item} = await ddb.get({TableName: 'files', Key: {id: '1'}});
 
   expect(Item).toEqual({
     id: '1',
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 06058de..3a63fbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,9 +53,10 @@
     "dynamodb-local": "0.0.31"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb": "^3.26.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/lib-dynamodb": "^3.26.0",
     "@shelf/eslint-config": "0.19.0",
     "@shelf/prettier-config": "0.0.7",
-    "aws-sdk": "2.631.0",
     "eslint": "7.6.0",
     "husky": "4.2.5",
     "jest": "26.2.2",
diff --git a/setup.js b/setup.js
index cf746dc..3ba3b96 100644
--- a/setup.js
+++ b/setup.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const {resolve} = require('path');
 const cwd = require('cwd');
-const DynamoDB = require('aws-sdk/clients/dynamodb');
+const {DynamoDB} = require('@aws-sdk/client-dynamodb');
 const DynamoDbLocal = require('dynamodb-local');
 const debug = require('debug')('jest-dynamodb');
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ module.exports = async function () {
   } = typeof config === 'function' ? await config() : config;
 
   const dynamoDB = new DynamoDB({
-    endpoint: `localhost:${port}`,
-    sslEnabled: false,
+    endpoint: `http://localhost:${port}`,
+    tls: false,
     region: 'local-env',
     ...clientConfig
   });
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module.exports = async function () {
 
   try {
     const {TableNames: tableNames} = await Promise.race([
-      dynamoDB.listTables().promise(),
+      dynamoDB.listTables({}),
       new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 1000))
     ]);
     await deleteTables(dynamoDB, tableNames); // cleanup leftovers
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module.exports = async function () {
 };
 
 async function createTables(dynamoDB, tables) {
-  return Promise.all(tables.map(table => dynamoDB.createTable(table).promise()));
+  return Promise.all(tables.map(table => dynamoDB.createTable(table)));
 }
 
 async function deleteTables(dynamoDB, tableNames) {
diff --git a/teardown.js b/teardown.js
index ca46414..cfb9fcb 100644
--- a/teardown.js
+++ b/teardown.js
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ module.exports = async function (jestArgs) {
     }
   } else {
     const dynamoDB = global.__DYNAMODB_CLIENT__;
-    const {TableNames: tableNames} = await dynamoDB.listTables().promise();
-    await Promise.all(
-      tableNames.map(tableName => dynamoDB.deleteTable({TableName: tableName}).promise())
-    );
+    const {TableNames: tableNames} = await dynamoDB.listTables();
+    await Promise.all(tableNames.map(tableName => dynamoDB.deleteTable({TableName: tableName})));
   }
 };