diff --git a/.github/workflows/privileged-run.yml b/.github/workflows/privileged-run.yml
index 8d695176..8ca830ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/privileged-run.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/privileged-run.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ name: Sample Run and Dependabot Auto-merge
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
-  pull_request_target:
-    branches: [ master ]
-  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Put words to sample stream
         run: |
-          sample_kinesis_wordputter.py --stream kclpysample -w cat -w dog -w bird -w lobster -w octopus
+          sample_kinesis_wordputter.py --stream kclpysample -w cat -w dog -w bird -w lobster -w octopus -w cheetah
 
       - name: Start KCL application (windows or ubuntu)
         if: matrix.os  != 'macOS-latest'
@@ -102,12 +99,12 @@ jobs:
           alert-lookup: true
           github-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
 
-      - name: Approve PR
-        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
-        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
-        env:
-          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+#      - name: Approve PR
+#        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
+#        run: gh pr review --approve "$PR_URL"
+#        env:
+#          PR_URL: ${{github.event.pull_request.html_url}}
+#          GH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
 
 #      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
 #        if: steps.metadata.outputs.update-type != 'version-update:semver-major'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed568934..07d63048 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 /dist/
 /docs/_build/
 /.eggs/
+.DS_Store
+*/.DS_Store
 
 # IntelliJ idea stuff
 .idea
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ee30172..84305140 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <properties>
-        <awssdk.version>2.25.64</awssdk.version>
+        <awssdk.version>2.31.60</awssdk.version>
         <kcl.version>3.0.3</kcl.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.118.Final</netty.version>
         <netty-reactive.version>2.0.6</netty-reactive.version>