diff --git a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index 5096e283ba2d0..7a66cb3848211 100644
--- a/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -79,24 +79,14 @@
             <sha256 value="395eebdbfaae281244b2da7f369654d6ca79c4be70acfff87e6638c07f89a0be" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-core" version="1.11.749">
-         <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-core-1.11.749.jar">
-            <sha256 value="06d4035a0b2373f0fef529de0e6f81ff43ef7a36ecf476e5d5f1aecba8ee4fad" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-core" version="1.12.270">
          <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-core-1.12.270.jar">
             <sha256 value="4e41d9f54606151674fc550e5e6291b0ddf917d55a2a3465a45a4e6ac98c9f8f" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-ec2" version="1.11.749">
-         <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-ec2-1.11.749.jar">
-            <sha256 value="293cc44d21aac78f5d974992606e7c4bbff20e8d0b897d0f13476424c59df843" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
-      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-s3" version="1.11.749">
-         <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-s3-1.11.749.jar">
-            <sha256 value="fc17c0e186c36ac153e9f871a510e485527c911edeb9f736160b37609f51e7c2" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-ec2" version="1.12.270">
+         <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-ec2-1.12.270.jar">
+            <sha256 value="faadf443751822e205338e80d2cea5eabd6373c1c3cef6348c24809ca82a9dd0" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
       <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-s3" version="1.12.270">
@@ -104,21 +94,11 @@
             <sha256 value="41bbea44bac7cfce3898e2e598a17526984337e265f6b16814839c17168a570e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-sts" version="1.11.749">
-         <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-sts-1.11.749.jar">
-            <sha256 value="ad753f2b17690010a2dde4b1a84e8f67916c79301a8d44b6224d8132febdc152" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="com.amazonaws" name="aws-java-sdk-sts" version="1.12.270">
          <artifact name="aws-java-sdk-sts-1.12.270.jar">
             <sha256 value="8cf2d3705381b81808c2e75a5e25a7097385b121ef15c001b18fde3d79657571" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
-      <component group="com.amazonaws" name="jmespath-java" version="1.11.749">
-         <artifact name="jmespath-java-1.11.749.jar">
-            <sha256 value="0a73428ee8e19b0a1cb4a39f5b4a7af8f5c2d736bd6b171d7054d517cd528c3e" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
-         </artifact>
-      </component>
       <component group="com.amazonaws" name="jmespath-java" version="1.12.270">
          <artifact name="jmespath-java-1.12.270.jar">
             <sha256 value="515d1afb0cd0176630c0707acabd4a3e48424ea938b89359774f61a24b6450f1" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle b/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
index 6ffa429c03cb9..1e48fa537e432 100644
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/build.gradle
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ esplugin {
 }
 
 versions << [
-  'aws': '1.11.749'
+  'aws': '1.12.270'
 ]
 
 dependencies {