diff --git a/common/app/services/DynamoDB.scala b/common/app/services/DynamoDB.scala
index 8c5420c42272..c8c045387ce8 100644
--- a/common/app/services/DynamoDB.scala
+++ b/common/app/services/DynamoDB.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package services
 
-import com.amazonaws.regions.{Region, Regions}
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.{
   AmazonDynamoDB,
   AmazonDynamoDBAsync,
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import conf.Configuration
 
 object DynamoDB {
   private lazy val credentials = Configuration.aws.mandatoryCredentials
-  private lazy val region = Region.getRegion(Regions.fromName(Configuration.aws.region))
 
   lazy val asyncClient: AmazonDynamoDBAsync = AmazonDynamoDBAsyncClient
     .asyncBuilder()
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 4d287ba7de8a..fa695e51894e 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sbt._
 
 object Dependencies {
   val identityLibVersion = "4.22"
-  val awsVersion = "1.12.638"
+  val awsVersion = "1.12.724"
   val capiVersion = "26.0.0"
   val faciaVersion = "6.0.0"
   val dispatchVersion = "0.13.1"