diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
index d64736bc2c5..7acfd7c710e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli/default.nix
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ let
 
 in with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awscli";
-  version = "1.17.13"; # N.B: if you change this, change botocore to a matching version too
+  version = "1.18.56"; # N.B: if you change this, change botocore to a matching version too
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "c42fc35d4e9f82ce72b2a8b8d54df3a57fe363b0763a473e72d0006b0d1e06ff";
+    sha256 = "3a442ea0d18d8a60228f1115850b5b8bdc739cd436d34a279bdf711fb918aaa0";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''