diff --git a/build-docker.sh b/build-docker.sh
index d4b93ab4..db483c43 100755
--- a/build-docker.sh
+++ b/build-docker.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ UBUNTU_RELEASE="20.04"
 EMP_TOOL_RELEASE="0.2.3"
 EMP_RELEASE="0.2.2"
 EMP_IMAGE_TAG="0.2.3-haswell"
-AWS_RELEASE="1.8.177"
-AWS_IMAGE_TAG="1.8.177-haswell"
+AWS_RELEASE="1.9.379"
+AWS_IMAGE_TAG="1.9.379-haswell"
 GCP_RELEASE="v1.32.1"
 FMT_RELEASE="7.1.3"
 FOLLY_RELEASE="2021.06.28.00"
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index af19dd10..860bee80 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 ARG os_release="latest"
 ARG emp_image="fbpcf/ubuntu-emp:0.2.3"
-ARG aws_image="fbpcf/ubuntu-aws-s3-core:1.8.177"
+ARG aws_image="fbpcf/ubuntu-aws-s3-core:1.9.379"
 ARG folly_image="fbpcf/ubuntu-folly:2021.03.29.00"
 ARG gcp_image="fbpcf/ubuntu-gcp-cloud-cpp:1.32.1"
 
diff --git a/docker/aws-s3-core/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/docker/aws-s3-core/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 5cffcc90..0fe0d9ce 100644
--- a/docker/aws-s3-core/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/docker/aws-s3-core/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 ARG os_release="latest"
 FROM ubuntu:${os_release} AS builder
-ARG aws_release="1.8.177"
+ARG aws_release="1.9.379"
 # Required Packages for AWS
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ WORKDIR /root/build
 COPY docker/utils/get_make_options.sh .
 
 # aws s3/core build and install
-RUN git clone https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git
+RUN git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp.git
 WORKDIR /root/build/aws-sdk-cpp
 RUN git checkout tags/${aws_release} -b ${aws_release}
 # -DCUSTOM_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT=0 is added to avoid Aws::String and std::string issue