diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
index 305a1e719f5..d772d1d16e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
 in
 with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awscli2";
-  version = "2.7.8"; # N.B: if you change this, check if overrides are still up-to-date
+  version = "2.7.9"; # N.B: if you change this, check if overrides are still up-to-date
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aws";
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.cfg \
       --replace "colorama>=0.2.5,<0.4.4" "colorama" \
+      --replace "cryptography>=3.3.2,<37.0.0" "cryptography" \
       --replace "docutils>=0.10,<0.16" "docutils" \
       --replace "ruamel.yaml>=0.15.0,<0.16.0" "ruamel.yaml" \
       --replace "wcwidth<0.2.0" "wcwidth" \