Upgrade AWS SDK to latest version

[steve-todorov]

Pull Request Description

This pull request closes #859

Acceptance Test

• [x] Building the code with gradle clean build still works.

Questions

• Does this pull request break backward compatibility?

  • [ ] Yes and my commit follows the Conventional Commits Specification
  • [x] No

• Does this pull request require other pull requests to be merged first?

  • [ ] Yes, please see #...
  • [x] No

• Does this require an update of the documentation?

  • [ ] Yes, please see [provide details here]
  • [x] No