diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5ea093..fa5e98a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ The Java Configuration is pretty simple:
 public static class MyConfiguration {
 
     @Autowired
-    private AmazonSQS amazonSqs;
+    private AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs;
 
     @Bean
     public QueueMessagingTemplate queueMessagingTemplate() {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f0ce2fd..5758551 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ext {
 	awsSdkVersion = '1.11.42'
 	servletApiVersion = '3.1.0'
 	slf4jVersion = '1.7.21'
-	springCloudAwsVersion = '1.1.1.RELEASE'
+	springCloudAwsVersion = '1.1.3.RELEASE'
 	springIntegrationVersion = '4.3.4.RELEASE'
 
 	idPrefix = 'aws'
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandler.java
index ea794f9..bcf2236 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2016-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
-import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQS;
+import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQSAsync;
 
 /**
  * The {@link AbstractMessageHandler} implementation for the Amazon SQS {@code sendMessage}.
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ public class SqsMessageHandler extends AbstractMessageHandler {
 
 	private EvaluationContext evaluationContext;
 
-	public SqsMessageHandler(AmazonSQS amazonSqs) {
+	public SqsMessageHandler(AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs) {
 		this(amazonSqs, null);
 	}
 
-	public SqsMessageHandler(AmazonSQS amazonSqs, ResourceIdResolver resourceIdResolver) {
+	public SqsMessageHandler(AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs, ResourceIdResolver resourceIdResolver) {
 		this(new QueueMessagingTemplate(amazonSqs, resourceIdResolver));
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerTests.java
index 9b6d92b..4859a4e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2015-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2015-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
-import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQS;
+import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQSAsync;
 import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.GetQueueUrlRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.GetQueueUrlResult;
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public class SqsMessageHandlerTests extends AbstractSqsMessageHandlerTests {
 	public static class ContextConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
-		public AmazonSQS amazonSqs() {
-			AmazonSQS amazonSqs = mock(AmazonSQS.class);
+		public AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs() {
+			AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs = mock(AmazonSQSAsync.class);
 
 			willAnswer(invocation -> {
 				GetQueueUrlRequest getQueueUrlRequest = (GetQueueUrlRequest) invocation.getArguments()[0];
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerWithQueueMessagingTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerWithQueueMessagingTemplateTests.java
index 29b1ee1..7e92a32 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerWithQueueMessagingTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/aws/outbound/SqsMessageHandlerWithQueueMessagingTemplateTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2015-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2015-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
-import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQS;
+import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.AmazonSQSAsync;
 import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.GetQueueUrlRequest;
 import com.amazonaws.services.sqs.model.GetQueueUrlResult;
 
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ public class SqsMessageHandlerWithQueueMessagingTemplateTests extends AbstractSq
 	public static class ContextConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
-		public AmazonSQS amazonSqs() {
-			AmazonSQS amazonSqs = mock(AmazonSQS.class);
+		public AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs() {
+			AmazonSQSAsync amazonSqs = mock(AmazonSQSAsync.class);
 
 			willAnswer(invocation -> {
 				GetQueueUrlRequest getQueueUrlRequest = (GetQueueUrlRequest) invocation.getArguments()[0];