diff --git a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
index 43077d27b54..2ce6ae1121b 100644
--- a/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/plugins/repository-s3.asciidoc
@@ -244,8 +244,9 @@ The following settings are supported:
 `storage_class`::
 
     Sets the S3 storage class for objects stored in the snapshot repository.
-    Values may be `standard`, `reduced_redundancy`, `standard_ia`.  Defaults to
-    `standard`. Changing this setting on an existing repository only affects the
+    Values may be `standard`, `reduced_redundancy`, `standard_ia`
+    and `intelligent_tiering`. Defaults to `standard`.
+    Changing this setting on an existing repository only affects the
     storage class for newly created objects, resulting in a mixed usage of
     storage classes. Additionally, S3 Lifecycle Policies can be used to manage
     the storage class of existing objects.  Due to the extra complexity with the
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
index bcdbf5040d9..b41174096e4 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/build.gradle
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ esplugin {
 }
 
 versions << [
-  'aws': '1.11.406'
+  'aws': '1.11.505'
 ]
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.406.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.406.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 415373b275e..00000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.406.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-43f3b7332d4d527bbf34d4ac6be094f3dabec6de
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.505.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.505.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..add5db290e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.505.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+d19328c227b2b5ad81d137361ebc9cbcd0396465
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.406.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.406.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index f0eb9b71752..00000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.406.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-e29854e58dc20f5453c1da7e580a5921b1e9714a
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.505.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.505.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ab2bfdbc189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-kms-1.11.505.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2a219919090a6cadd7e119c899c90343ad9c0077
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.406.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.406.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index e57fd11c829..00000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.406.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5c3c2c57b076602b3aeef841c63e5848ec52b00d
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.505.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.505.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04c4cc213c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.505.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+b4cf82765b04a579609314ab7f296a9a0ddae1cf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.406.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.406.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index bbb9b562a2f..00000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.406.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-06c291d1029943d4968a36fadffa3b71a6d8b4e4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.505.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.505.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..803d4fe85d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/jmespath-java-1.11.505.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+067234d307b210097e247a49f08875e0cd3f2b95
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
index 72ce6f8bf1f..189d57f8332 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3Repository.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class S3Repository extends BlobStoreRepository {
 
     /**
      * Sets the S3 storage class type for the backup files. Values may be standard, reduced_redundancy,
-     * standard_ia. Defaults to standard.
+     * standard_ia and intelligent_tiering. Defaults to standard.
      */
     static final Setting<String> STORAGE_CLASS_SETTING = Setting.simpleString("storage_class");
 
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreTests.java
index 6640a0dc4d7..10938504131 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreTests.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/repositories/s3/S3BlobStoreTests.java
@@ -74,16 +74,18 @@ public class S3BlobStoreTests extends ESBlobStoreTestCase {
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass(null), equalTo(StorageClass.Standard));
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass(""), equalTo(StorageClass.Standard));
 
-        // it should accept [standard, standard_ia, reduced_redundancy]
+        // it should accept [standard, standard_ia, reduced_redundancy, intelligent_tiering]
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("standard"), equalTo(StorageClass.Standard));
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("standard_ia"), equalTo(StorageClass.StandardInfrequentAccess));
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("reduced_redundancy"), equalTo(StorageClass.ReducedRedundancy));
+        assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("intelligent_tiering"), equalTo(StorageClass.IntelligentTiering));
     }
 
     public void testCaseInsensitiveStorageClass() {
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("sTandaRd"), equalTo(StorageClass.Standard));
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("sTandaRd_Ia"), equalTo(StorageClass.StandardInfrequentAccess));
         assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("reduCED_redundancy"), equalTo(StorageClass.ReducedRedundancy));
+        assertThat(S3BlobStore.initStorageClass("intelLigeNt_tieriNG"), equalTo(StorageClass.IntelligentTiering));
     }
 
     public void testInvalidStorageClass() {