diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9e8394b4..328ce5f9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PREVIEW=false
 CRD_OPTIONS ?= "crd:trivialVersions=true,crdVersions=v1beta1"
 
 # app mesh aws-sdk-go override in case we need to build against a custom version
-APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE ?= "y"
+APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE ?= "n"
 
 ifeq ($(APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE), "y")
 PREVIEW=true
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ delete-all-kind-clusters:	## Delete all local kind clusters
 
 setup-appmesh-sdk-override:
 	@if [ "$(APPMESH_SDK_OVERRIDE)" = "y" ] ; then \
-	    APPMESH_PREVIEW=y ./appmesh_models_override/setup.sh ; \
+	    ./appmesh_models_override/setup.sh ; \
 	fi
 
 cleanup-appmesh-sdk-override:
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1e915aad..7dfa71fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/aws/aws-app-mesh-controller-for-k8s
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.22
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.2
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.5.0+incompatible
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.4.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index abc0e7c6..8f975d2f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20200108200545-475eaeb16496/go.mod h1:o
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.11/go.mod h1:mFuSZ37Z9YOHbQEwBWztmVzqXrEkub65tZoCYDt7FT0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.22 h1:Do184JJHgque0dK/udq6MC14W4hCEGkjLDtzRjxLKGM=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.22/go.mod h1:tlPOdRjfxPBpNIwqDj61rmsnA85v9jc0Ps9+muhnW+k=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.2 h1:+akLrZr/Qn5tp/4CV9oTvTMtsO+9X8rTnuuzGOEvMrE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.37.2/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20160804104726-4c0e84591b9a/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.0 h1:HWo1m869IqiPhD389kmkxeTalrjNbbJTC8LXupb+sl0=
@@ -657,6 +659,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7 h1:AeiKBIuRw3UomYXSbLy0Mc2dD
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201006153459-a7d1128ccaa0 h1:wBouT66WTYFXdxfVdz9sVWARVd/2vfGcmI45D2gj45M=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201006153459-a7d1128ccaa0/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b h1:uwuIcX0g4Yl1NC5XAz37xsr2lTtcqevgzYNVt49waME=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190226205417-e64efc72b421/go.mod h1:gOpvHmFTYa4IltrdGE7lF6nIHvwfUNPOp7c8zoXwtLw=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20190604053449-0f29369cfe45 h1:SVwTIAaPC2U/AvvLNZ2a7OVsmBpC8L5BlwK1whH3hm0=