diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index db2e628..5cc3243 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -84,18 +84,18 @@ uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2) ; sys_platform != \"win32\"", "winloop (>=0.5.0) ;
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boto3"
-version = "1.42.96"
+version = "1.42.97"
 description = "The AWS SDK for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "boto3-1.42.96-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f4566da2c209a98bdbfc874d813ef231c84ad24e4f815e9bc91de5f63351a24"},
-    {file = "boto3-1.42.96.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b38a9e4a3fbbee9017252576f1379780d0a5814768676c08df2f539d31fcdd68"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.42.97-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:966e49f0510af9a64057a902b7df53d4348c447de0d3df4cc855dfd85e058fcd"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.42.97.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2833dbeda3670ea610ad48dff7d27cdc829dbbfcdfbc6b750b673948e949b6f0"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.42.96,<1.43.0"
+botocore = ">=1.42.97,<1.43.0"
 jmespath = ">=0.7.1,<2.0.0"
 s3transfer = ">=0.16.0,<0.17.0"
 
@@ -2185,4 +2185,4 @@ pytest = []
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<=4.0"
-content-hash = "467fc8fbe4846d829a128e481dac7df94c125d6fd95231f04ebab00e9bc92ca9"
+content-hash = "811f1bf40f8f08f5bb92d1eb8be5a62099eeb3a41073e7c6afcd19e6b6c1aaab"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f3c58d..e89c48b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/NHSDigital/nhs-aws-helpers"
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 # core dependencies
 python = ">=3.10,<=4.0"
-boto3 = "^1.42.96"
+boto3 = "^1.42.97"
 boto3-stubs = { extras = [
     "s3",
     "ssm",