diff --git a/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/pom.xml b/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/pom.xml
index edf52d0581..16f1c29f2d 100644
--- a/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/pom.xml
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <json-simple.version>1.1.1</json-simple.version>
-        <aws-lambda-java-events.version>1.3.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
-        <aws-lambda-java-core.version>1.2.0</aws-lambda-java-core.version>
+        <aws-lambda-java-events.version>3.11.0</aws-lambda-java-events.version>
+        <aws-lambda-java-core.version>1.2.1</aws-lambda-java-core.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java b/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java
index 625da62efd..442e7ab4ef 100644
--- a/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java
+++ b/aws-modules/aws-lambda/lambda/src/main/java/com/baeldung/lambda/dynamodb/SavePersonHandler.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb;
 
-import com.amazonaws.regions.Region;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
-import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClient;
-import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.DynamoDB;
-import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.Item;
-import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.PutItemOutcome;
-import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.document.spec.PutItemSpec;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDB;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.AmazonDynamoDBClientBuilder;
+import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.AttributeValue;
 import com.amazonaws.services.dynamodbv2.model.ConditionalCheckFailedException;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import com.baeldung.lambda.dynamodb.bean.PersonResponse;
 
 public class SavePersonHandler implements RequestHandler<PersonRequest, PersonResponse> {
 
-    private DynamoDB dynamoDb;
+    private AmazonDynamoDB amazonDynamoDB;
 
     private String DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME = "Person";
     private Regions REGION = Regions.US_WEST_2;
@@ -30,20 +30,22 @@ public class SavePersonHandler implements RequestHandler<PersonRequest, PersonRe
         return personResponse;
     }
 
-    private PutItemOutcome persistData(PersonRequest personRequest) throws ConditionalCheckFailedException {
-        return this.dynamoDb.getTable(DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME)
-          .putItem(
-            new PutItemSpec().withItem(new Item()
-              .withNumber("id", personRequest.getId())
-              .withString("firstName", personRequest.getFirstName())
-              .withString("lastName", personRequest.getLastName())
-              .withNumber("age", personRequest.getAge())
-              .withString("address", personRequest.getAddress())));
+    private void persistData(PersonRequest personRequest) throws ConditionalCheckFailedException {
+
+        Map<String, AttributeValue> attributesMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+        attributesMap.put("id", new AttributeValue(String.valueOf(personRequest.getId())));
+        attributesMap.put("firstName", new AttributeValue(personRequest.getFirstName()));
+        attributesMap.put("lastName", new AttributeValue(personRequest.getLastName()));
+        attributesMap.put("age", new AttributeValue(String.valueOf(personRequest.getAge())));
+        attributesMap.put("address", new AttributeValue(personRequest.getAddress()));
+
+        amazonDynamoDB.putItem(DYNAMODB_TABLE_NAME, attributesMap);
     }
 
     private void initDynamoDbClient() {
-        AmazonDynamoDBClient client = new AmazonDynamoDBClient();
-        client.setRegion(Region.getRegion(REGION));
-        this.dynamoDb = new DynamoDB(client);
+        this.amazonDynamoDB = AmazonDynamoDBClientBuilder.standard()
+            .withRegion(REGION)
+            .build();
     }
 }
diff --git a/aws-modules/pom.xml b/aws-modules/pom.xml
index 4d3ec4b6dd..72c5017c32 100644
--- a/aws-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-modules/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <aws-java-sdk.version>1.11.290</aws-java-sdk.version>
+        <aws-java-sdk.version>1.12.331</aws-java-sdk.version>
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-shade-plugin.version>
     </properties>