diff --git a/external/aws-sdk-cpp.cmake b/external/aws-sdk-cpp.cmake
index 1ba641db..fd859f27 100644
--- a/external/aws-sdk-cpp.cmake
+++ b/external/aws-sdk-cpp.cmake
@@ -2,21 +2,23 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 set(PROJECT_NAME scwx-aws-sdk-cpp)
 
 set(AWS_SDK_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS OFF)
-set(BUILD_ONLY         "s3")
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS  OFF)
-set(CPP_STANDARD       17)
-set(ENABLE_TESTING     OFF)
-set(ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD ON)
-set(MINIMIZE_SIZE      OFF)
+set(BUILD_ONLY          "s3")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS   OFF)
+set(CPP_STANDARD        17)
+set(ENABLE_TESTING      OFF)
+set(ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD  ON)
+set(MINIMIZE_SIZE       OFF)
+set(USE_CRT_HTTP_CLIENT ON)
 
 # Some variables also need set in the cache... set them all!
 set(AWS_SDK_WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS OFF CACHE BOOL "Compiler warning is treated as an error. Try turning this off when observing errors on a new or uncommon compiler")
-set(BUILD_ONLY         "s3" CACHE STRING "A semi-colon delimited list of the projects to build")
-set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS  OFF  CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, all aws sdk libraries will be build as shared objects; otherwise all Aws libraries will be built as static objects")
-set(CPP_STANDARD       "17" CACHE STRING "Flag to upgrade the C++ standard used. The default is 11. The minimum is 11.")
-set(ENABLE_TESTING     OFF  CACHE BOOL   "Flag to enable/disable building unit and integration tests")
-set(ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD ON   CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, the SDK will be built using a single unified .cpp file for each service library.  Reduces the size of static library binaries on Windows and Linux")
-set(MINIMIZE_SIZE      OFF  CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, the SDK will be built via a unity aggregation process that results in smaller static libraries; additionally, release binaries will favor size optimizations over speed")
+set(BUILD_ONLY          "s3" CACHE STRING "A semi-colon delimited list of the projects to build")
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS   OFF  CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, all aws sdk libraries will be build as shared objects; otherwise all Aws libraries will be built as static objects")
+set(CPP_STANDARD        "17" CACHE STRING "Flag to upgrade the C++ standard used. The default is 11. The minimum is 11.")
+set(ENABLE_TESTING      OFF  CACHE BOOL   "Flag to enable/disable building unit and integration tests")
+set(ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD  ON   CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, the SDK will be built using a single unified .cpp file for each service library.  Reduces the size of static library binaries on Windows and Linux")
+set(MINIMIZE_SIZE       OFF  CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, the SDK will be built via a unity aggregation process that results in smaller static libraries; additionally, release binaries will favor size optimizations over speed")
+set(USE_CRT_HTTP_CLIENT ON   CACHE BOOL   "If enabled, the common runtime HTTP client will be used, and the legacy systems such as WinHttp and libcurl will not be built or included")
 
 # Save off ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} before modifying compiler settings
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_PREV "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")