diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
index 4ed0de692f9fd..3f9fdf3ede923 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-38-downstream_compat.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ dependencies:
   - zstandard
 
   # downstream packages
-  - aiobotocore
   - botocore
   - cftime
   - dask
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 889c764146d85..d6a1081318504 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ dependencies:
   - zstandard
 
   # downstream packages
-  - aiobotocore<2.0.0  # GH#44311 pinned to fix docbuild
   - dask-core
   - seaborn-base
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ec435cc05e439..bfecc7a5de5e8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ xarray
 xlrd
 xlsxwriter
 zstandard
-aiobotocore<2.0.0
 dask
 seaborn
 moto