diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a15d3e2..6c4b38f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-kinesis</artifactId>
-      <version>1.11.listshards-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>${aws-java-sdk.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>