diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.lock b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.lock
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-config"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56a636c44c77fa18bdba56126a34d30cfe5538fe88f7d34988fa731fee143ddd"
+checksum = "3c3d1e2a1f1ab3ac6c4b884e37413eaa03eb9d901e4fc68ee8f5c1d49721680e"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sdk-sso",
  "aws-sdk-sts",
@@ -92,11 +93,24 @@
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aws-credential-types"
+version = "0.54.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb0696a0523a39a19087747e4dafda0362dc867531e3d72a3f195564c84e5e08"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-smithy-async",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-endpoint"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ca8f374874f6459aaa88dc861d7f5d834ca1ff97668eae190e97266b5f6c3fb"
+checksum = "80a4f935ab6a1919fbfd6102a80c4fccd9ff5f47f94ba154074afe1051903261"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
@@ -108,10 +122,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78d41e19e779b73463f5f0c21b3aacc995f4ba783ab13a7ae9f5dfb159a551b4"
+checksum = "82976ca4e426ee9ca3ffcf919d9b2c8d14d0cd80d43cc02173737a8f07f28d4d"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-types",
@@ -126,10 +141,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-dynamodb"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28e71b3f397f2f39cb15fbba1c9105a88fd12b665e51100f02837667f27294f9"
+checksum = "34fc8efd8ed65312b05dc84bb0d7ba79c31802873c4b5676403e220724af39b7"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -143,16 +159,19 @@
  "bytes",
  "fastrand",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sso"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "86dcb1cb71aa8763b327542ead410424515cff0cde5b753eedd2917e09c63734"
+checksum = "ca0119bacf0c42f587506769390983223ba834e605f049babe514b2bd646dbb2"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -165,16 +184,18 @@
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sts"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdfcf584297c666f6b472d5368a78de3bc714b6e0a53d7fbf76c3e347c292ab1"
+checksum = "270b6a33969ebfcb193512fbd5e8ee5306888ad6c6d5d775cdbfb2d50d94de26"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -182,21 +203,25 @@
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-http-tower",
+ "aws-smithy-json",
  "aws-smithy-query",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-smithy-xml",
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sig-auth"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12cbe7b2be9e185c1fbce27fc9c41c66b195b32d89aa099f98768d9544221308"
+checksum = "660a02a98ab1af83bd8d714afbab2d502ba9b18c49e7e4cddd6bf8837ff778cb"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-sigv4",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-types",
@@ -206,27 +231,28 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sigv4"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03ff4cff8c4a101962d593ba94e72cd83891aecd423f0c6e3146bff6fb92c9e3"
+checksum = "cdaf11005b7444e6cd66f600d09861a3aeb6eb89a0f003c7c9820dbab2d15297"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "hex",
+ "hmac",
  "http",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "regex",
- "ring",
+ "sha2",
  "time 0.3.17",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-async"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b3442b4c5d3fc39891a2e5e625735fba6b24694887d49c6518460fde98247a9"
+checksum = "63c712a28a4f2f2139759235c08bf98aca99d4fdf1b13c78c5f95613df0a5db9"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -236,9 +262,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-client"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff28d553714f8f54cd921227934fc13a536a1c03f106e56b362fd57e16d450ad"
+checksum = "104ca17f56cde00a10207169697dfe9c6810db339d52fb352707e64875b30a44"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -259,9 +285,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf58ed4fefa61dbf038e5421a521cbc2c448ef69deff0ab1d915d8a10eda5664"
+checksum = "873f316f1833add0d3aa54ed1b0cd252ddd88c792a0cf839886400099971e844"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
@@ -281,11 +307,12 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http-tower"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20c96d7bd35e7cf96aca1134b2f81b1b59ffe493f7c6539c051791cbbf7a42d3"
+checksum = "4f38231d3f5dac9ac7976f44e12803add1385119ffca9e5f050d8e980733d164"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -296,18 +323,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-json"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8324ba98c8a94187723cc16c37aefa09504646ee65c3d2c3af495bab5ea701b"
+checksum = "4bd83ff2b79e9f729746fcc8ad798676b68fe6ea72986571569a5306a277a182"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-query"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83834ed2ff69ea6f6657baf205267dc2c0abe940703503a3e5d60ce23be3d306"
+checksum = "a2f0445dafe9d2cd50b44339ae3c3ed46549aad8ac696c52ad660b3e7ae8682b"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "urlencoding",
@@ -315,10 +342,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b02e06ea63498c43bc0217ea4d16605d4e58d85c12fc23f6572ff6d0a840c61"
+checksum = "8161232eda10290f5136610a1eb9de56aceaccd70c963a26a260af20ac24794f"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64-simd",
  "itoa",
  "num-integer",
  "ryu",
@@ -327,19 +355,20 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-xml"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "246e9f83dd1fdf5d347fa30ae4ad30a9d1d42ce4cd74a93d94afa874646f94cd"
+checksum = "343ffe9a9bb3f542675f4df0e0d5933513d6ad038ca3907ad1767ba690a99684"
 dependencies = [
  "xmlparser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05701d32da168b44f7ee63147781aed8723e792cc131cb9b18363b5393f17f70"
+checksum = "f8f15b34253b68cde08e39b0627cc6101bcca64351229484b4743392c035d057"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -347,7 +376,6 @@
  "http",
  "rustc_version",
  "tracing",
- "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -427,12 +455,31 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64-simd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "339abbe78e73178762e23bea9dfd08e697eb3f3301cd4be981c0f78ba5859195"
+dependencies = [
+ "outref",
+ "vsimd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.11.1"
@@ -562,6 +609,25 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "280a9f2d8b3a38871a3c8a46fb80db65e5e5ed97da80c4d08bf27fb63e35e181"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx"
 version = "1.0.83"
@@ -619,6 +685,17 @@
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -765,6 +842,16 @@
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -831,6 +918,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1149,6 +1245,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "outref"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4030760ffd992bef45b0ae3f10ce1aba99e33464c90d14dd7c039884963ddc7a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1534,6 +1636,17 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "256b9932320c590e707b94576e3cc1f7c9024d0ee6612dfbcf1cb106cbe8e055"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82e6b795fe2e3b1e845bafcb27aa35405c4d47cdfc92af5fc8d3002f76cebdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -1580,6 +1693,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.105"
@@ -1918,6 +2037,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "59547bce71d9c38b83d9c0e92b6066c4253371f15005def0c30d9657f50c7642"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.5"
@@ -1963,6 +2088,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vsimd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c3082ca00d5a5ef149bb8b555a72ae84c9c59f7250f013ac822ac2e49b19c64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/services/backup/Cargo.toml b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/backup/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/backup/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-stream = "0.3"
-aws-config = "0.51.0"
-aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
-aws-types = "0.51.0"
+aws-config = "0.54.0"
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.24.0"
+aws-types = "0.54.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
diff --git a/services/backup/src/config.rs b/services/backup/src/config.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{Endpoint, Region};
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::Region;
 use clap::{builder::FalseyValueParser, Parser};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use tonic::transport::Uri;
 use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::constants::{
@@ -50,9 +49,7 @@
       "Running in sandbox environment. Localstack URL: {}",
       &CONFIG.localstack_url
     );
-    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_resolver(Endpoint::immutable(
-      Uri::from_static(&CONFIG.localstack_url),
-    ));
+    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_url(&CONFIG.localstack_url);
   }
 
   config_builder.load().await
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.lock b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "216261ddc8289130e551ddcd5ce8a064710c0d064a4d2895c67151c92b5443f6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "assert-json-diff"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4259cbe96513d2f1073027a259fc2ca917feb3026a5a8d984e3628e490255cc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "extend",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -66,10 +77,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-config"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56a636c44c77fa18bdba56126a34d30cfe5538fe88f7d34988fa731fee143ddd"
+checksum = "3c3d1e2a1f1ab3ac6c4b884e37413eaa03eb9d901e4fc68ee8f5c1d49721680e"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sdk-sso",
  "aws-sdk-sts",
@@ -92,11 +104,24 @@
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aws-credential-types"
+version = "0.54.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb0696a0523a39a19087747e4dafda0362dc867531e3d72a3f195564c84e5e08"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-smithy-async",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-endpoint"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ca8f374874f6459aaa88dc861d7f5d834ca1ff97668eae190e97266b5f6c3fb"
+checksum = "80a4f935ab6a1919fbfd6102a80c4fccd9ff5f47f94ba154074afe1051903261"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
@@ -108,10 +133,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78d41e19e779b73463f5f0c21b3aacc995f4ba783ab13a7ae9f5dfb159a551b4"
+checksum = "82976ca4e426ee9ca3ffcf919d9b2c8d14d0cd80d43cc02173737a8f07f28d4d"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-types",
@@ -126,10 +152,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-dynamodb"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
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-checksum = "28e71b3f397f2f39cb15fbba1c9105a88fd12b665e51100f02837667f27294f9"
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 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2317,6 +2572,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4d25c75bf9ea12c4040a97f829154768bbbce366287e2dc044af160cd79a13fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yansi"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09041cd90cf85f7f8b2df60c646f853b7f535ce68f85244eb6731cf89fa498ec"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.5.7"
diff --git a/services/blob/Cargo.toml b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/blob/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/blob/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-aws-config = "0.51.0"
-aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
-aws-sdk-s3 = "0.21.0"
-aws-types = "0.51.0"
+aws-config = "0.54.0"
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.24.0"
+aws-sdk-s3 = "0.24.0"
+aws-types = "0.54.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
diff --git a/services/blob/src/config.rs b/services/blob/src/config.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/config.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{Endpoint, Region};
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::Region;
 use clap::{builder::FalseyValueParser, Parser};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use tonic::transport::Uri;
 use tracing::info;
 
 use crate::constants::{
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@
       "Running in sandbox environment. Localstack URL: {}",
       &CONFIG.localstack_url
     );
-    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_resolver(Endpoint::immutable(
-      Uri::from_static(&CONFIG.localstack_url),
-    ));
+    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_url(&CONFIG.localstack_url);
   }
 
   config_builder.load().await
diff --git a/services/blob/src/s3.rs b/services/blob/src/s3.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/s3.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/s3.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,12 @@
 
 impl S3Client {
   pub fn new(aws_config: &aws_types::SdkConfig) -> Self {
+    let s3_config = aws_sdk_s3::config::Builder::from(aws_config)
+      // localstack doesn't support virtual addressing
+      .force_path_style(crate::config::CONFIG.is_sandbox)
+      .build();
     S3Client {
-      client: Arc::new(aws_sdk_s3::Client::new(aws_config)),
+      client: Arc::new(aws_sdk_s3::Client::from_conf(s3_config)),
     }
   }
 
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
 
     let response = request.send().await?;
     let data = response.body.collect().await?;
-    Ok(data.into_bytes().to_vec())
+    Ok(data.to_vec())
   }
 
   /// Deletes object at provided path
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.lock
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-config"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56a636c44c77fa18bdba56126a34d30cfe5538fe88f7d34988fa731fee143ddd"
+checksum = "3c3d1e2a1f1ab3ac6c4b884e37413eaa03eb9d901e4fc68ee8f5c1d49721680e"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sdk-sso",
  "aws-sdk-sts",
@@ -54,11 +55,24 @@
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aws-credential-types"
+version = "0.54.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb0696a0523a39a19087747e4dafda0362dc867531e3d72a3f195564c84e5e08"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-smithy-async",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-endpoint"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ca8f374874f6459aaa88dc861d7f5d834ca1ff97668eae190e97266b5f6c3fb"
+checksum = "80a4f935ab6a1919fbfd6102a80c4fccd9ff5f47f94ba154074afe1051903261"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
@@ -70,10 +84,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78d41e19e779b73463f5f0c21b3aacc995f4ba783ab13a7ae9f5dfb159a551b4"
+checksum = "82976ca4e426ee9ca3ffcf919d9b2c8d14d0cd80d43cc02173737a8f07f28d4d"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-types",
@@ -88,10 +103,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-dynamodb"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28e71b3f397f2f39cb15fbba1c9105a88fd12b665e51100f02837667f27294f9"
+checksum = "34fc8efd8ed65312b05dc84bb0d7ba79c31802873c4b5676403e220724af39b7"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -105,16 +121,19 @@
  "bytes",
  "fastrand",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sso"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "86dcb1cb71aa8763b327542ead410424515cff0cde5b753eedd2917e09c63734"
+checksum = "ca0119bacf0c42f587506769390983223ba834e605f049babe514b2bd646dbb2"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -127,16 +146,18 @@
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sts"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdfcf584297c666f6b472d5368a78de3bc714b6e0a53d7fbf76c3e347c292ab1"
+checksum = "270b6a33969ebfcb193512fbd5e8ee5306888ad6c6d5d775cdbfb2d50d94de26"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -144,21 +165,25 @@
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-http-tower",
+ "aws-smithy-json",
  "aws-smithy-query",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-smithy-xml",
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sig-auth"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12cbe7b2be9e185c1fbce27fc9c41c66b195b32d89aa099f98768d9544221308"
+checksum = "660a02a98ab1af83bd8d714afbab2d502ba9b18c49e7e4cddd6bf8837ff778cb"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-sigv4",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-types",
@@ -168,27 +193,28 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sigv4"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03ff4cff8c4a101962d593ba94e72cd83891aecd423f0c6e3146bff6fb92c9e3"
+checksum = "cdaf11005b7444e6cd66f600d09861a3aeb6eb89a0f003c7c9820dbab2d15297"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "hex",
+ "hmac",
  "http",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "regex",
- "ring",
+ "sha2",
  "time 0.3.20",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-async"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b3442b4c5d3fc39891a2e5e625735fba6b24694887d49c6518460fde98247a9"
+checksum = "63c712a28a4f2f2139759235c08bf98aca99d4fdf1b13c78c5f95613df0a5db9"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -198,9 +224,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-client"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff28d553714f8f54cd921227934fc13a536a1c03f106e56b362fd57e16d450ad"
+checksum = "104ca17f56cde00a10207169697dfe9c6810db339d52fb352707e64875b30a44"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -221,9 +247,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf58ed4fefa61dbf038e5421a521cbc2c448ef69deff0ab1d915d8a10eda5664"
+checksum = "873f316f1833add0d3aa54ed1b0cd252ddd88c792a0cf839886400099971e844"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
@@ -243,11 +269,12 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http-tower"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20c96d7bd35e7cf96aca1134b2f81b1b59ffe493f7c6539c051791cbbf7a42d3"
+checksum = "4f38231d3f5dac9ac7976f44e12803add1385119ffca9e5f050d8e980733d164"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -258,18 +285,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-json"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8324ba98c8a94187723cc16c37aefa09504646ee65c3d2c3af495bab5ea701b"
+checksum = "4bd83ff2b79e9f729746fcc8ad798676b68fe6ea72986571569a5306a277a182"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-query"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83834ed2ff69ea6f6657baf205267dc2c0abe940703503a3e5d60ce23be3d306"
+checksum = "a2f0445dafe9d2cd50b44339ae3c3ed46549aad8ac696c52ad660b3e7ae8682b"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "urlencoding",
@@ -277,10 +304,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b02e06ea63498c43bc0217ea4d16605d4e58d85c12fc23f6572ff6d0a840c61"
+checksum = "8161232eda10290f5136610a1eb9de56aceaccd70c963a26a260af20ac24794f"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64-simd",
  "itoa",
  "num-integer",
  "ryu",
@@ -289,19 +317,20 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-xml"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "246e9f83dd1fdf5d347fa30ae4ad30a9d1d42ce4cd74a93d94afa874646f94cd"
+checksum = "343ffe9a9bb3f542675f4df0e0d5933513d6ad038ca3907ad1767ba690a99684"
 dependencies = [
  "xmlparser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05701d32da168b44f7ee63147781aed8723e792cc131cb9b18363b5393f17f70"
+checksum = "f8f15b34253b68cde08e39b0627cc6101bcca64351229484b4743392c035d057"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -309,7 +338,6 @@
  "http",
  "rustc_version",
  "tracing",
- "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -318,12 +346,31 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64-simd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "339abbe78e73178762e23bea9dfd08e697eb3f3301cd4be981c0f78ba5859195"
+dependencies = [
+ "outref",
+ "vsimd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3078c7629b62d3f0439517fa394996acacc5cbc91c5a20d8c658e77abd503a71"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.0"
@@ -416,6 +463,25 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5827cebf4670468b8772dd191856768aedcb1b0278a04f989f7766351917b9dc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "280a9f2d8b3a38871a3c8a46fb80db65e5e5ed97da80c4d08bf27fb63e35e181"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cxx"
 version = "1.0.91"
@@ -473,6 +539,17 @@
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.1"
@@ -555,6 +632,16 @@
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85649ca51fd72272d7821adaf274ad91c288277713d9c18820d8499a7ff69e9a"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.15"
@@ -586,6 +673,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.9"
@@ -796,6 +892,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "outref"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4030760ffd992bef45b0ae3f10ce1aba99e33464c90d14dd7c039884963ddc7a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -992,6 +1094,17 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bb7d1f0d3021d347a83e556fc4683dea2ea09d87bccdf88ff5c12545d89d5efb"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82e6b795fe2e3b1e845bafcb27aa35405c4d47cdfc92af5fc8d3002f76cebdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -1017,6 +1130,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e63cff320ae2c57904679ba7cb63280a3dc4613885beafb148ee7bf9aa9042d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -1193,6 +1312,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3528ecfd12c466c6f163363caf2d02a71161dd5e1cc6ae7b34207ea2d42d81ed"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1217,6 +1342,18 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8db7427f936968176eaa7cdf81b7f98b980b18495ec28f1b5791ac3bfe3eea9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vsimd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c3082ca00d5a5ef149bb8b555a72ae84c9c59f7250f013ac822ac2e49b19c64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/comm-services-lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-aws-config = "0.51.0"
-aws-types = "0.51.0"
-aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
+aws-config = "0.54.0"
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.24.0"
+aws-types = "0.54.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.99"
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.lock
@@ -247,10 +247,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-config"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56a636c44c77fa18bdba56126a34d30cfe5538fe88f7d34988fa731fee143ddd"
+checksum = "3c3d1e2a1f1ab3ac6c4b884e37413eaa03eb9d901e4fc68ee8f5c1d49721680e"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sdk-sso",
  "aws-sdk-sts",
@@ -273,11 +274,24 @@
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aws-credential-types"
+version = "0.54.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bb0696a0523a39a19087747e4dafda0362dc867531e3d72a3f195564c84e5e08"
+dependencies = [
+ "aws-smithy-async",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+ "zeroize",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-endpoint"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6ca8f374874f6459aaa88dc861d7f5d834ca1ff97668eae190e97266b5f6c3fb"
+checksum = "80a4f935ab6a1919fbfd6102a80c4fccd9ff5f47f94ba154074afe1051903261"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
@@ -289,10 +303,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78d41e19e779b73463f5f0c21b3aacc995f4ba783ab13a7ae9f5dfb159a551b4"
+checksum = "82976ca4e426ee9ca3ffcf919d9b2c8d14d0cd80d43cc02173737a8f07f28d4d"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-types",
@@ -307,10 +322,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-dynamodb"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "28e71b3f397f2f39cb15fbba1c9105a88fd12b665e51100f02837667f27294f9"
+checksum = "34fc8efd8ed65312b05dc84bb0d7ba79c31802873c4b5676403e220724af39b7"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -324,16 +340,19 @@
  "bytes",
  "fastrand",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sso"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "86dcb1cb71aa8763b327542ead410424515cff0cde5b753eedd2917e09c63734"
+checksum = "ca0119bacf0c42f587506769390983223ba834e605f049babe514b2bd646dbb2"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -346,16 +365,18 @@
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tokio-stream",
  "tower",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sdk-sts"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fdfcf584297c666f6b472d5368a78de3bc714b6e0a53d7fbf76c3e347c292ab1"
+checksum = "270b6a33969ebfcb193512fbd5e8ee5306888ad6c6d5d775cdbfb2d50d94de26"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-endpoint",
  "aws-http",
  "aws-sig-auth",
@@ -363,21 +384,25 @@
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-smithy-http-tower",
+ "aws-smithy-json",
  "aws-smithy-query",
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "aws-smithy-xml",
  "aws-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
+ "regex",
  "tower",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sig-auth"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "12cbe7b2be9e185c1fbce27fc9c41c66b195b32d89aa099f98768d9544221308"
+checksum = "660a02a98ab1af83bd8d714afbab2d502ba9b18c49e7e4cddd6bf8837ff778cb"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-sigv4",
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "aws-types",
@@ -387,27 +412,28 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-sigv4"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03ff4cff8c4a101962d593ba94e72cd83891aecd423f0c6e3146bff6fb92c9e3"
+checksum = "cdaf11005b7444e6cd66f600d09861a3aeb6eb89a0f003c7c9820dbab2d15297"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
  "form_urlencoded",
  "hex",
+ "hmac",
  "http",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "regex",
- "ring",
+ "sha2",
  "time 0.3.17",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-async"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b3442b4c5d3fc39891a2e5e625735fba6b24694887d49c6518460fde98247a9"
+checksum = "63c712a28a4f2f2139759235c08bf98aca99d4fdf1b13c78c5f95613df0a5db9"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -417,9 +443,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-client"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff28d553714f8f54cd921227934fc13a536a1c03f106e56b362fd57e16d450ad"
+checksum = "104ca17f56cde00a10207169697dfe9c6810db339d52fb352707e64875b30a44"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -440,9 +466,9 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bf58ed4fefa61dbf038e5421a521cbc2c448ef69deff0ab1d915d8a10eda5664"
+checksum = "873f316f1833add0d3aa54ed1b0cd252ddd88c792a0cf839886400099971e844"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
@@ -462,11 +488,12 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-http-tower"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20c96d7bd35e7cf96aca1134b2f81b1b59ffe493f7c6539c051791cbbf7a42d3"
+checksum = "4f38231d3f5dac9ac7976f44e12803add1385119ffca9e5f050d8e980733d164"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-http",
+ "aws-smithy-types",
  "bytes",
  "http",
  "http-body",
@@ -477,18 +504,18 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-json"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d8324ba98c8a94187723cc16c37aefa09504646ee65c3d2c3af495bab5ea701b"
+checksum = "4bd83ff2b79e9f729746fcc8ad798676b68fe6ea72986571569a5306a277a182"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-query"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "83834ed2ff69ea6f6657baf205267dc2c0abe940703503a3e5d60ce23be3d306"
+checksum = "a2f0445dafe9d2cd50b44339ae3c3ed46549aad8ac696c52ad660b3e7ae8682b"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-types",
  "urlencoding",
@@ -496,10 +523,11 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b02e06ea63498c43bc0217ea4d16605d4e58d85c12fc23f6572ff6d0a840c61"
+checksum = "8161232eda10290f5136610a1eb9de56aceaccd70c963a26a260af20ac24794f"
 dependencies = [
+ "base64-simd",
  "itoa",
  "num-integer",
  "ryu",
@@ -508,19 +536,20 @@
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-smithy-xml"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "246e9f83dd1fdf5d347fa30ae4ad30a9d1d42ce4cd74a93d94afa874646f94cd"
+checksum = "343ffe9a9bb3f542675f4df0e0d5933513d6ad038ca3907ad1767ba690a99684"
 dependencies = [
  "xmlparser",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-types"
-version = "0.51.0"
+version = "0.54.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05701d32da168b44f7ee63147781aed8723e792cc131cb9b18363b5393f17f70"
+checksum = "f8f15b34253b68cde08e39b0627cc6101bcca64351229484b4743392c035d057"
 dependencies = [
+ "aws-credential-types",
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-client",
  "aws-smithy-http",
@@ -528,7 +557,6 @@
  "http",
  "rustc_version",
  "tracing",
- "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -537,6 +565,16 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4a4ddaa51a5bc52a6948f74c06d20aaaddb71924eab79b8c97a8c556e942d6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64-simd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "339abbe78e73178762e23bea9dfd08e697eb3f3301cd4be981c0f78ba5859195"
+dependencies = [
+ "outref",
+ "vsimd",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -818,6 +856,7 @@
 dependencies = [
  "block-buffer",
  "crypto-common",
+ "subtle",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1034,6 +1073,15 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hmac"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c49c37c09c17a53d937dfbb742eb3a961d65a994e6bcdcf37e7399d0cc8ab5e"
+dependencies = [
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "http"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1375,6 +1423,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9b7820b9daea5457c9f21c69448905d723fbd21136ccf521748f23fd49e723ee"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "outref"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4030760ffd992bef45b0ae3f10ce1aba99e33464c90d14dd7c039884963ddc7a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -1758,6 +1812,17 @@
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82e6b795fe2e3b1e845bafcb27aa35405c4d47cdfc92af5fc8d3002f76cebdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sharded-slab"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -1813,6 +1878,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "subtle"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -2127,6 +2198,12 @@
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vsimd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c3082ca00d5a5ef149bb8b555a72ae84c9c59f7250f013ac822ac2e49b19c64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
--- a/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
+++ b/services/feature-flags/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.3"
 anyhow = "1.0"
-aws-config = "0.51.0"
-aws-types = "0.51.0"
-aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.21.0"
+aws-config = "0.54.0"
+aws-types = "0.54.0"
+aws-sdk-dynamodb = "0.24.0"
 clap = { version = "4.0", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 comm-services-lib = { path = "../comm-services-lib" }
 http = "0.2"
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs b/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
--- a/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-use aws_sdk_dynamodb::{Endpoint, Region};
+use aws_sdk_dynamodb::Region;
 use clap::{builder::FalseyValueParser, Parser};
-use http::Uri;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use tracing::info;
 
@@ -38,9 +37,7 @@
       "Running in sandbox environment. Localstack URL: {}",
       &CONFIG.localstack_url
     );
-    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_resolver(Endpoint::immutable(
-      Uri::from_static(&CONFIG.localstack_url),
-    ));
+    config_builder = config_builder.endpoint_url(&CONFIG.localstack_url);
   }
 
   config_builder.load().await