diff --git a/javav2/example_code/s3/pom.xml b/javav2/example_code/s3/pom.xml
index 8d8f6fad530..42ef42e36da 100644
--- a/javav2/example_code/s3/pom.xml
+++ b/javav2/example_code/s3/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.16.29</version>
+                <version>2.17.4</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
diff --git a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/CopyObject.java b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/CopyObject.java
index 44002bb6924..d896fb3401d 100644
--- a/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/CopyObject.java
+++ b/javav2/example_code/s3/src/main/java/com/example/s3/CopyObject.java
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.CopyObjectRequest;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.CopyObjectResponse;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception;
-import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 // snippet-end:[s3.java2.copy_object.import]
 
 /**
@@ -68,14 +65,9 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     // snippet-start:[s3.java2.copy_object.main]
     public static String copyBucketObject (S3Client s3, String fromBucket, String objectKey, String toBucket) {
 
-        String encodedUrl = null;
-        try {
-            encodedUrl = URLEncoder.encode(fromBucket + "/" + objectKey, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString());
-        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            System.out.println("URL could not be encoded: " + e.getMessage());
-        }
         CopyObjectRequest copyReq = CopyObjectRequest.builder()
-                .copySource(encodedUrl)
+                .sourceBucket(fromBucket)
+                .sourceKey(objectKey)
                 .destinationBucket(toBucket)
                 .destinationKey(objectKey)
                 .build();