diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awscrt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awscrt/default.nix
index 85ce9deba6cf..9ebf947c7346 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/awscrt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/awscrt/default.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "awscrt";
-  version = "0.15.1";
+  version = "0.16.1";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    hash = "sha256-2VBdad9NL19eW2Djot2gkynyjSCUvG4f0KnEub6M0vg=";
+    hash = "sha256-j9++euxSsvf6ZLkVJtyGdlOx6WWrAXEOczqwypYZkXA=";
   };
 
   buildInputs = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "strictoverflow"
   ];
 
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py \
-      --replace "extra_link_args += ['-Wl,-fatal_warnings']" ""
-  '';
-
   # gcc <10 is not supported, LLVM on darwin is just fine
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
@@ -58,6 +53,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-python";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-crt-python/releases/tag/v${version}";
     description = "Python bindings for the AWS Common Runtime";
     license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ davegallant ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
index 0a0838d676d9..0982e47c5517 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/awscli2/default.nix
@@ -11,15 +11,6 @@
 let
   py = python3.override {
     packageOverrides = self: super: {
-      awscrt = super.awscrt.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
-        version = "0.14.0";
-        src = self.fetchPypi {
-          inherit (oldAttrs) pname;
-          inherit version;
-          hash = "sha256-MGLTFcsWVC/gTdgjny6LwyOO6QRc1QcLkVzy677Lqqw=";
-        };
-      });
-
       prompt-toolkit = super.prompt-toolkit.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
         version = "3.0.28";
         src = self.fetchPypi {
@@ -34,14 +25,14 @@ let
 in
 with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "awscli2";
-  version = "2.9.6"; # N.B: if you change this, check if overrides are still up-to-date
+  version = "2.9.8"; # N.B: if you change this, check if overrides are still up-to-date
   format = "pyproject";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "aws";
     repo = "aws-cli";
     rev = version;
-    hash = "sha256-3zB0Uy2pmkrOLb+/mXZGs/pnzo6zi2zVPyeNPGPVQJM=";
+    hash = "sha256-Q1iHGwkFg0rkunwEgWQIqLEPAGfOLfqA1UpjmCe2x8M=";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
@@ -120,6 +111,8 @@ with py.pkgs; buildPythonApplication rec {
     python = py; # for aws_shell
     updateScript = nix-update-script {
       attrPath = pname;
+      # Excludes 1.x versions from the Github tags list
+      extraArgs = [ "--version-regex" "^(2\.(.*))" ];
     };
     tests.version = testers.testVersion {
       package = awscli2;