diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 272e058f..3a96841e 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-stream" % pekkoVersion,
     "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http" % pekkoHttpVersion,
     "org.apache.pekko" %% "pekko-http-spray-json" % pekkoHttpVersion,
-    ("software.amazon.awssdk" % "ecs" % "2.28.16").exclude("software.amazon.awssdk", "apache-client"),
+    ("software.amazon.awssdk" % "ecs" % "2.28.18").exclude("software.amazon.awssdk", "apache-client"),
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % scalaTestVersion % Test) ++ jacksonDatabind // aws-java-sdk depends on insecure version of jackson
 
   val managementHttp = Seq(