diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
index 2cd4c6043..e8c7e797f 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/infra/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <cdk.version>2.158.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.161.1</cdk.version>
         <constructs.version>[10.0.0,11.0.0)</constructs.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.1</junit.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
index 1a147922b..6ef19b378 100644
--- a/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <constructs.version>10.3.0</constructs.version>
-        <cdk.version>2.158.0</cdk.version>
+        <cdk.version>2.161.1</cdk.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>