diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 56799bf05..58e03220f 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": "^2.638.0",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.647.0",
     "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 74e6271ed..2b60a7cd1 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@^2.638.0:
-  version "2.638.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.638.0.tgz#43df5a956696177c577b841ea21b4007a81dbdaa"
-  integrity sha512-DOSwedH2YkPVs3c2AQezK6FHuGRIDffgULGvmpY9ZmZ/x45Sw+p7WHCYPgWfw/Z1fJWzMjaIpu531xG7pyJV4A==
+aws-sdk@^2.647.0:
+  version "2.647.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-sdk/-/aws-sdk-2.647.0.tgz#d1edc65f0018ef8252d142e620eef20fe699e1ef"
+  integrity sha512-yOORXYUpy2x7yantXF4rdobRPMsCUIc75Vmp9d1x397iWkQkEU9F7YEBR+QnoBoWs1DQZUV1DcSR5JJ4z43I2A==
   dependencies:
     buffer "4.9.1"
     events "1.1.1"