diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index f3ae672a2f..681b76cfd4 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -7,17 +7,36 @@
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<name>aws</name>
 
+	<properties>
+		<commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
+		<aws-lambda-java-events.version>1.3.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
+		<aws-lambda-java-core.version>1.1.0</aws-lambda-java-core.version>
+		<gson.version>2.8.0</gson.version>
+	</properties>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.0</version>
+			<version>${aws-lambda-java-core.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
+			<version>${aws-lambda-java-events.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5</version>
+			<version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+			<version>${gson.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
@@ -26,7 +45,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>2.3</version>
+				<version>3.0.0</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
 				</configuration>
diff --git a/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..625da62efd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb;
+
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClient;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.DynamoDB;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.Item;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.PutItemOutcome;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.spec.PutItemSpec;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.ConditionalCheckFailedException;
+import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
+import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
+import com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb.bean.PersonRequest;
+import com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb.bean.PersonResponse;
+
+public class SavePersonHandler implements RequestHandler<PersonRequest, PersonResponse> {
+
+    private DynamoDB dynamoDb;
+
+    private String DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME = "Person";
+    private Regions REGION = Regions.US_WEST_2;
+
+    public PersonResponse handleRequest(PersonRequest personRequest, Context context) {
+        this.initDynamoDbClient();
+
+        persistData(personRequest);
+
+        PersonResponse personResponse = new PersonResponse();
+        personResponse.setMessage("Saved Successfully!!!");
+        return personResponse;
+    }
+
+    private PutItemOutcome persistData(PersonRequest personRequest) throws ConditionalCheckFailedException {
+        return this.dynamoDb.getTable(DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME)
+          .putItem(
+            new PutItemSpec().withItem(new Item()
+              .withNumber("id", personRequest.getId())
+              .withString("firstName", personRequest.getFirstName())
+              .withString("lastName", personRequest.getLastName())
+              .withNumber("age", personRequest.getAge())
+              .withString("address", personRequest.getAddress())));
+    }
+
+    private void initDynamoDbClient() {
+        AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient();
+        client.setRegion(Region.getRegion(REGION));
+        this.dynamoDb = new DynamoDB(client);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonRequest.java b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c0706e676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb.bean;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+
+public class PersonRequest {
+    private int id;
+    private String firstName;
+    private String lastName;
+    private int age;
+    private String address;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        PersonRequest personRequest = new PersonRequest();
+        personRequest.setId(1);
+        personRequest.setFirstName("John");
+        personRequest.setLastName("Doe");
+        personRequest.setAge(30);
+        personRequest.setAddress("United States");
+        System.out.println(personRequest);
+    }
+
+    public String toString() {
+        final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().setPrettyPrinting().create();
+        return gson.toJson(this);
+    }
+
+    public int getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(int id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getAddress() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(String address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonResponse.java b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a61294ddea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aws/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/bean/PersonResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb.bean;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+
+public class PersonResponse {
+    private String message;
+
+    public String toString() {
+        final Gson gson = new Gson();
+        return gson.toJson(this);
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    public void setMessage(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+}