diff --git a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/fix-aws-root.patch b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/fix-aws-root.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..074e009aaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/fix-aws-root.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/AWSSDKConfig.cmake b/cmake/AWSSDKConfig.cmake
+index 83eac0b..96bdbe7 100644
+--- a/cmake/AWSSDKConfig.cmake
++++ b/cmake/AWSSDKConfig.cmake
+@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@ endif()
+ 
+ 
+ # Compute the default installation root relative to this file.
+-# from prefix/lib/cmake/AWSSDK/xx.cmake to prefix
+ get_filename_component(AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
+ get_filename_component(AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR "${AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR}" PATH)
+ get_filename_component(AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR "${AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR}" PATH)
+-get_filename_component(AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR "${AWSSDK_DEFAULT_ROOT_DIR}" PATH)
+ get_filename_component(AWS_NATIVE_SDK_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}" ABSOLUTE)
+ 
+ set(CPP_STANDARD "11" CACHE STRING "Flag to upgrade the C++ standard used. The default is 11. The minimum is 11.")
diff --git a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
index eb22b3aa74..512d1a95e2 100644
--- a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/portfile.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
     SHA512 456d3fc256a5a26843ecf16014242514b165ae5fa35f088d57aa54a744d19e2c38bd0bed9b6a4b76948c8a49cf87a06a4c722be5a910ed41dfd9c9b9a66b398d
     PATCHES
         patch-relocatable-rpath.patch
+        fix-aws-root.patch
 )
 
 string(COMPARE EQUAL "${VCPKG_CRT_LINKAGE}" "dynamic" FORCE_SHARED_CRT)
diff --git a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/vcpkg.json b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/vcpkg.json
index 73ba3557e9..8da48a4fba 100644
--- a/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/vcpkg.json
+++ b/ports/aws-sdk-cpp/vcpkg.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$note": "Automatically generated by generateFeatures.ps1",
   "name": "aws-sdk-cpp",
   "version": "1.9.96",
-  "port-version": 3,
+  "port-version": 4,
   "description": "AWS SDK for C++",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp",
   "supports": "!arm & !uwp",
diff --git a/versions/a-/aws-sdk-cpp.json b/versions/a-/aws-sdk-cpp.json
index cf6fdc1da2..8cb3adb121 100644
--- a/versions/a-/aws-sdk-cpp.json
+++ b/versions/a-/aws-sdk-cpp.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "versions": [
+    {
+      "git-tree": "fc86d9dc77f15fb8c7c18f767cc21e01e024a8cc",
+      "version": "1.9.96",
+      "port-version": 4
+    },
     {
       "git-tree": "74ac36ae24b2c852423a57305005fd86d23d51d9",
       "version": "1.9.96",
diff --git a/versions/baseline.json b/versions/baseline.json
index 4636637a56..f0806e098b 100644
--- a/versions/baseline.json
+++ b/versions/baseline.json
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
     },
     "aws-sdk-cpp": {
       "baseline": "1.9.96",
-      "port-version": 3
+      "port-version": 4
     },
     "azmq": {
       "baseline": "2020-03-03",