diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cd3f949fa..2592449f9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.19.37
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/transfermanager v0.3.15
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3 v1.107.3
-	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.0
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.1
 	github.com/cbergoon/merkletree v0.5.0
 	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.22.0
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20260202195803-dba9d589def2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 42f6ee2aa..d701fe305 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.27.10 h1:bw56MIx8bhTQZSdzucEJSKWLpwX0ju7hU8cVoa75dg8
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.27.10/go.mod h1:YE2RhdIuDbA5E5bTdciG9KrW3+TiEONeUWCqxX9i1Fc=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.0 h1:hwfPnN99NWCkjNmfzTixXFopyjBLUe9KTdRcRGxwZd4=
 github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.0/go.mod h1:YE2RhdIuDbA5E5bTdciG9KrW3+TiEONeUWCqxX9i1Fc=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.1 h1:R/nXH00c8qcfCzQVELtRw+eLQWtzv+VAIEFJ1/xxXlQ=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.1/go.mod h1:YE2RhdIuDbA5E5bTdciG9KrW3+TiEONeUWCqxX9i1Fc=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1 h1:VlbKKnNfV8bJzeqoa4cOKqO6bYr3WgKZxO8Z16+hsOM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v1.0.1/go.mod h1:G2ZrVWU2WbWT9wwq4/hrbKbnv/1ERSJQ0ibhJ6rlkpw=
 github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v6 v6.28.0 h1:Xib46XXuQfmlLS2EXRuJpqcw8St6qSZz75OUo0tgAW4=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/CHANGELOG.md b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c9785d7b..0d26e973c 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# Release (2026-08-26)
+
+## General Highlights
+* **Dependency Update**: Updated to the latest SDK module versions
+
+## Module Highlights
+* `github.com/aws/smithy-go`: v1.28.1
+  * **Bug Fix**: Fix broken AddLogger middleware since its insert point was removed.
+
 # Release (2026-08-25.2)
 
 ## General Highlights
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/go_module_metadata.go b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/go_module_metadata.go
index b42013edb..c945a45db 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/go_module_metadata.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/go_module_metadata.go
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 package smithy
 
 // goModuleVersion is the tagged release for this module
-const goModuleVersion = "1.28.0"
+const goModuleVersion = "1.28.1"
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/waiter/logger.go b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/waiter/logger.go
index 8d70a03ff..cb31a2e09 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/waiter/logger.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/aws/smithy-go/waiter/logger.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (m *Logger) HandleInitialize(ctx context.Context, in middleware.InitializeI
 	return next.HandleInitialize(ctx, in)
 }
 
-// AddLogger is a helper util to add waiter logger after `SetLogger` middleware in
+// AddLogger is a helper util to add a waiter logger to the initialize stack.
 func (m Logger) AddLogger(stack *middleware.Stack) error {
-	return stack.Initialize.Insert(&m, "SetLogger", middleware.After)
+	return stack.Initialize.Add(&m, middleware.After)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 326414ce7..acd266d0c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc/types
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts/internal/endpoints
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts/types
-# github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.0
+# github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.28.1
 ## explicit; go 1.24
 github.com/aws/smithy-go
 github.com/aws/smithy-go/auth