diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb072ba2..3a9b94ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@alertlogic/paws-collector",
-  "version": "2.2.5",
+  "version": "2.2.6",
   "license": "MIT",
   "description": "Alert Logic AWS based API Poll Log Collector Library",
   "repository": {
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
     "mocha": "^10.4.0",
     "nyc": "^17.0.0",
     "rewire": "^7.0.0",
-    "sinon": "^18.0.0",
+    "sinon": "^19.0.2",
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@alertlogic/al-aws-collector-js": "4.1.26",
-    "@smithy/node-http-handler":"3.1.3",
+    "@alertlogic/al-aws-collector-js": "^4.1.28",
+    "@smithy/node-http-handler": "^3.2.4",
     "async": "^3.2.5",
     "datadog-lambda-js": "^9.112.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.5",
diff --git a/paws_collector.js b/paws_collector.js
index 247f1217..a47c9c18 100644
--- a/paws_collector.js
+++ b/paws_collector.js
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ const nodeHttpHandler = new NodeHttpHandler({
     httpsAgent: new https.Agent(agent)
 });
 
+
 const DDB_OPTIONS = {
-    maxAttempts: 10,
+    maxAttempts: 5,
     requestHandler: nodeHttpHandler
 }
+
+const DDB = new DynamoDB(DDB_OPTIONS);
+
 const DDB_DELETE_BATCH_OPTIONS = {
     maxBatchSize: 25,
     maxBatchSizeBytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024
@@ -373,8 +377,6 @@ class PawsCollector extends AlAwsCollector {
     // there is a lot of logic here. not sur eif there is a better way of deduping. trying for an MVP
     checkStateSqsMessage(stateSqsMsg, asyncCallback) {
         const collector = this;
-        const DDB = new DynamoDB(DDB_OPTIONS);
-
         const params = {
             Key: {
                 "CollectorId": {S: collector._collectorId},
@@ -432,8 +434,6 @@ class PawsCollector extends AlAwsCollector {
 
     updateStateDBEntry(stateSqsMsg, Status, asyncCallback) {
         const collector = this;
-        const DDB = new DynamoDB(DDB_OPTIONS);
-
         const updateParams = {
             Key: {
                 CollectorId: {S: collector._collectorId},
@@ -941,7 +941,6 @@ class PawsCollector extends AlAwsCollector {
     */
     removeDuplicatedItem(logs, paramName, asyncCallback) {
         let collector = this;
-        const ddb = new DynamoDB(DDB_OPTIONS);
         let uniqueLogs = [];
         var promises = [];
         let duplicateCount = 0;
@@ -958,7 +957,7 @@ class PawsCollector extends AlAwsCollector {
                 ConditionExpression: 'attribute_not_exists(Id)'
             };
             let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-                ddb.putItem(params, (err, res) => {
+                DDB.putItem(params, (err, res) => {
                     if (err) {
                         if (err.name === 'ConditionalCheckFailedException') {
                             duplicateCount++;
@@ -1063,9 +1062,8 @@ class PawsCollector extends AlAwsCollector {
      * @returns 
      */
     dDBBatchWriteItem(tableName, batch) {
-        const ddb = new DynamoDB(DDB_OPTIONS);
         const batchParams = { RequestItems: { [tableName]: batch } };
-        return ddb.batchWriteItem(batchParams);
+        return DDB.batchWriteItem(batchParams);
     }
 
     /**