diff --git a/.idea/modules/plugin-cloud-aws.iml b/.idea/modules/plugin-cloud-aws.iml
index 68639c8a31b..abc574da936 100644
--- a/.idea/modules/plugin-cloud-aws.iml
+++ b/.idea/modules/plugin-cloud-aws.iml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
         <CLASSES>
           <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/commons-codec/commons-codec/jars/commons-codec-1.3.jar!/" />
           <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/commons-logging/commons-logging/jars/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar!/" />
-          <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/com.amazonaws/aws-java-sdk/jars/aws-java-sdk-1.2.0.jar!/" />
           <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpcore/jars/httpcore-4.1.jar!/" />
           <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient/jars/httpclient-4.1.1.jar!/" />
+          <root url="jar://$GRADLE_REPOSITORY$/com.amazonaws/aws-java-sdk/jars/aws-java-sdk-1.2.4.jar!/" />
         </CLASSES>
         <JAVADOC />
         <SOURCES />
diff --git a/plugins/cloud/aws/build.gradle b/plugins/cloud/aws/build.gradle
index 120a64b14f3..4439c791202 100644
--- a/plugins/cloud/aws/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/cloud/aws/build.gradle
@@ -32,13 +32,13 @@ configurations {
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':elasticsearch')
-    compile("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.2.0") { transitive = false }
+    compile("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.2.4") { transitive = false }
     runtime("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1") { transitive = false }
     runtime("commons-codec:commons-codec:1.3") { transitive = false }
     runtime("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.1.1") { transitive = false }
     runtime("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpcore:4.1") { transitive = false }
 
-    distLib("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.2.0") { transitive = false }
+    distLib("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk:1.2.4") { transitive = false }
     distLib("commons-codec:commons-codec:1.3") { transitive = false }
     distLib("commons-logging:commons-logging:1.1.1") { transitive = false }
     distLib("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.1.1") { transitive = false }