diff --git a/provider/schema-aws/pom.xml b/provider/schema-aws/pom.xml
index eaa8e3785ae103452ab3c532b3ad4e8c95567389..e09a8bba4e6e06e84e659606102ea76350b3945d 100644
--- a/provider/schema-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/provider/schema-aws/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.opengroup.osdu.core.aws</groupId>
             <artifactId>os-core-lib-aws</artifactId>
-            <version>0.25.0</version>
+            <version>0.26.0-rc2</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml b/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
index 67fb38b7d3d690b8d0f7f41dd34092c27a5092a1..891a8432522bbe7559b83ecf7d94be78b79c73cc 100644
--- a/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/schema-test-core/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<os-core-lib-ibm.version>0.25.0</os-core-lib-ibm.version>
 		<os-core-lib-azure.version>0.25.0</os-core-lib-azure.version>
-		<os-core-lib-aws.version>0.25.0</os-core-lib-aws.version>
+		<os-core-lib-aws.version>0.26.0-rc2</os-core-lib-aws.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<jackson-databind.version>2.14.2</jackson-databind.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>