diff --git a/lambdas/alert-forwarding/package.json b/lambdas/alert-forwarding/package.json
index b2ac74c..3372020 100644
--- a/lambdas/alert-forwarding/package.json
+++ b/lambdas/alert-forwarding/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "author": "NHS Notify",
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+    "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "^3.981.0",
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     "axios": "^1.6.2"
   },
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index a4d09e2..e1564f9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
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       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "^3.980.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/client-ssm": "^3.981.0",
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       },
@@ -822,9 +822,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-sdk/client-ssm/-/client-ssm-3.981.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NOWbDJac1lHfknxqV+tPuNE9QxTCkH96VsWp8DnkPzxIOJJxCc/4fbzH+ugm6vZ67RICyRV1E8ZMMWhvFZrBfw==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
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@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
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         "@aws-sdk/types": "^3.973.1",
-        "@aws-sdk/util-endpoints": "3.980.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/util-endpoints": "3.981.0",
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         "@aws-sdk/util-user-agent-node": "^3.972.3",
         "@smithy/config-resolver": "^4.4.6",
@@ -872,6 +872,22 @@
         "node": ">=20.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-ssm/node_modules/@aws-sdk/util-endpoints": {
+      "version": "3.981.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-sdk/util-endpoints/-/util-endpoints-3.981.0.tgz",
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+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@aws-sdk/types": "^3.973.1",
+        "@smithy/types": "^4.12.0",
+        "@smithy/url-parser": "^4.2.8",
+        "@smithy/util-endpoints": "^3.2.8",
+        "tslib": "^2.6.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=20.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-sso": {
       "version": "3.980.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-sdk/client-sso/-/client-sso-3.980.0.tgz",