diff --git a/aws-modules/aws-reactive/pom.xml b/aws-modules/aws-reactive/pom.xml
index 7a9cefb9d1..fbad5e30d0 100644
--- a/aws-modules/aws-reactive/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-modules/aws-reactive/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spring.version>2.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
-        <awssdk.version>2.10.27</awssdk.version>
+        <awssdk.version>2.17.283</awssdk.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aws-modules/aws-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aws/reactive/s3/DownloadResource.java b/aws-modules/aws-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aws/reactive/s3/DownloadResource.java
index 838ada1685..7793eeb079 100644
--- a/aws-modules/aws-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aws/reactive/s3/DownloadResource.java
+++ b/aws-modules/aws-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aws/reactive/s3/DownloadResource.java
@@ -3,17 +3,11 @@
  */
 package com.baeldung.aws.reactive.s3;
 
-import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 
-import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
-import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBufferUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.BodyBuilder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
@@ -22,11 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.core.ResponseBytes;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkResponse;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.async.AsyncResponseTransformer;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.core.async.SdkPublisher;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.async.ByteArrayAsyncResponseTransformer;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.SdkHttpResponse;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3AsyncClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.GetObjectRequest;
@@ -40,38 +30,39 @@ import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.GetObjectResponse;
 @RequestMapping("/inbox")
 @Slf4j
 public class DownloadResource {
-    
-    
+
     private final S3AsyncClient s3client;
     private final S3ClientConfigurarionProperties s3config;
 
     public DownloadResource(S3AsyncClient s3client, S3ClientConfigurarionProperties s3config) {
         this.s3client = s3client;
-        this.s3config = s3config;        
+        this.s3config = s3config;
     }
-    
-    
-    @GetMapping(path="/{filekey}")
-    public Mono<ResponseEntity<Flux<ByteBuffer>>> downloadFile(@PathVariable("filekey") String filekey) {
-        
-        GetObjectRequest request = GetObjectRequest.builder()
-          .bucket(s3config.getBucket())
-          .key(filekey)
-          .build();
-        
-        return Mono.fromFuture(s3client.getObject(request,new FluxResponseProvider()))
-          .map( (response) -> {
-            checkResult(response.sdkResponse);
-            String filename = getMetadataItem(response.sdkResponse,"filename",filekey);            
 
-            log.info("[I65] filename={}, length={}",filename, response.sdkResponse.contentLength() );
-            
-            return ResponseEntity.ok()
-              .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, response.sdkResponse.contentType())
-              .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH, Long.toString(response.sdkResponse.contentLength()))
-              .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment; filename=\"" + filename + "\"")
-              .body(response.flux);
-          });
+    @GetMapping(path = "/{filekey}")
+    public Mono<ResponseEntity<Flux<ByteBuffer>>> downloadFile(@PathVariable("filekey") String filekey) {
+
+        GetObjectRequest request = GetObjectRequest.builder()
+            .bucket(s3config.getBucket())
+            .key(filekey)
+            .build();
+
+        return Mono.fromFuture(s3client.getObject(request, AsyncResponseTransformer.toPublisher()))
+            .map(response -> {
+                checkResult(response.response());
+                String filename = getMetadataItem(response.response(), "filename", filekey);
+
+                log.info("[I65] filename={}, length={}", filename, response.response()
+                    .contentLength());
+
+                return ResponseEntity.ok()
+                    .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, response.response()
+                        .contentType())
+                    .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_LENGTH, Long.toString(response.response()
+                        .contentLength()))
+                    .header(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_DISPOSITION, "attachment; filename=\"" + filename + "\"")
+                    .body(Flux.from(response));
+            });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -82,63 +73,24 @@ public class DownloadResource {
      * @return
      */
     private String getMetadataItem(GetObjectResponse sdkResponse, String key, String defaultValue) {
-        for( Entry<String, String> entry : sdkResponse.metadata().entrySet()) {
-            if ( entry.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase(key)) {
+        for (Entry<String, String> entry : sdkResponse.metadata()
+            .entrySet()) {
+            if (entry.getKey()
+                .equalsIgnoreCase(key)) {
                 return entry.getValue();
             }
         }
         return defaultValue;
     }
 
-
     // Helper used to check return codes from an API call
     private static void checkResult(GetObjectResponse response) {
         SdkHttpResponse sdkResponse = response.sdkHttpResponse();
-        if ( sdkResponse != null && sdkResponse.isSuccessful()) {
+        if (sdkResponse != null && sdkResponse.isSuccessful()) {
             return;
         }
-        
+
         throw new DownloadFailedException(response);
     }
-    
-    
-    static class FluxResponseProvider implements AsyncResponseTransformer<GetObjectResponse,FluxResponse> {
-        
-        private FluxResponse response;
-
-        @Override
-        public CompletableFuture<FluxResponse> prepare() {
-            response = new FluxResponse();
-            return response.cf;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void onResponse(GetObjectResponse sdkResponse) {            
-            this.response.sdkResponse = sdkResponse;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void onStream(SdkPublisher<ByteBuffer> publisher) {
-            response.flux = Flux.from(publisher);
-            response.cf.complete(response);            
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public void exceptionOccurred(Throwable error) {
-            response.cf.completeExceptionally(error);
-        }
-        
-    }
-    
-    /**
-     * Holds the API response and stream
-     * @author Philippe
-     */
-    static class FluxResponse {
-        
-        final CompletableFuture<FluxResponse> cf = new CompletableFuture<>();
-        GetObjectResponse sdkResponse;
-        Flux<ByteBuffer> flux;
-    }
 
 }