diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 969bbb7b8..5336f7726 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     "apollo-link-http": "~1.5.16",
     "apollo-server": "~2.11.0",
     "apollo-server-express": "^2.11.0",
-    "aws-sdk": "^2.648.0",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.649.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.23.0",
     "bcryptjs": "~2.4.3",
     "cheerio": "~1.0.0-rc.3",
diff --git a/backend/yarn.lock b/backend/yarn.lock
index 914e75411..9f7623394 100644
--- a/backend/yarn.lock
+++ b/backend/yarn.lock
@@ -2258,10 +2258,10 @@ audio-extensions@0.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/audio-extensions/-/audio-extensions-0.0.0.tgz#d0eefe077fb9eb625898eed9985890548cf1f8d2"
   integrity sha1-0O7+B3+562JYmO7ZmFiQVIzx+NI=
 
-aws-sdk@^2.648.0:
-  version "2.648.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.648.0.tgz#6cbea887b98c3ee8316870e9eead659194e35094"
-  integrity sha512-b+PdZmCFvZBisqXEH68jO4xB30LrDHQMWrEX6MJoZaOlxPJfpOqRFUH3zsiAXF5Q2jTdjYLtS5bs3vcIwRzi3Q==
+aws-sdk@^2.649.0:
+  version "2.649.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.649.0.tgz#a600584171a53a4dcf09d768e514b7bdc408abab"
+  integrity sha512-0o3l+bfz++KOYHG0gdWofSX/1EdyaD1ixEvWXt71mBbDM1vWc71xfXGzPRtt8Cu8/Id47v7DE3ayELZytzLCXQ==
   dependencies:
     buffer "4.9.1"
     events "1.1.1"