diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e76d74735c3..bd0c4c3a43f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <org.springframework.version>3.2.12.RELEASE</org.springframework.version>
     <cs.mockito.version>1.9.5</cs.mockito.version>
     <cs.powermock.version>1.5.3</cs.powermock.version>
-    <cs.aws.sdk.version>1.9.8</cs.aws.sdk.version>
+    <cs.aws.sdk.version>1.3.22</cs.aws.sdk.version>
     <cs.lang.version>2.6</cs.lang.version>
     <cs.lang3.version>3.4</cs.lang3.version>
     <cs.commons-io.version>2.4</cs.commons-io.version>
diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/S3Utils.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/S3Utils.java
index fc8a3cc17c9..7df3d3b58fe 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/S3Utils.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/S3Utils.java
@@ -103,17 +103,19 @@ public final class S3Utils {
         }
 
         if (clientOptions.getUseTCPKeepAlive() != null) {
-            configuration.setUseTcpKeepAlive(clientOptions.getUseTCPKeepAlive());
+            //configuration.setUseTcpKeepAlive(clientOptions.getUseTCPKeepAlive());
+            LOGGER.debug("useTCPKeepAlive not supported by old AWS SDK");
         }
 
         if (clientOptions.getConnectionTtl() != null) {
-            configuration.setConnectionTTL(clientOptions.getConnectionTtl());
+            //configuration.setConnectionTTL(clientOptions.getConnectionTtl());
+            LOGGER.debug("connectionTtl not supported by old AWS SDK");
         }
 
         if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.debug(format("Creating S3 client with configuration: [protocol: %1$s, connectionTimeOut: " + "%2$s, maxErrorRetry: %3$s, socketTimeout: %4$s, useTCPKeepAlive: %5$s, connectionTtl: %6$s]",
                 configuration.getProtocol(), configuration.getConnectionTimeout(), configuration.getMaxErrorRetry(), configuration.getSocketTimeout(),
-                configuration.useTcpKeepAlive(), configuration.getConnectionTTL()));
+                -1, -1));
         }
 
         final AmazonS3Client client = new AmazonS3Client(credentials, configuration);