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AWS powershell documentation change

Service: powershell · 2026-03-07 · Documentation low

File: powershell/v4/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md

Summary

Updated PowerShell documentation to indicate V4 entering maintenance mode and recommending migration to V5

Security assessment

Change focuses on version deprecation notices rather than credential security improvements or vulnerabilities. No security-specific content modified.

Diff

diff --git a/powershell/v4/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md b/powershell/v4/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
index 1ff1034e8..c2176c156 100644
--- a//powershell/v4/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
+++ b//powershell/v4/userguide/specifying-your-aws-credentials.md
@@ -7 +7 @@ Credentials Store LocationsManaging ProfilesSpecifying CredentialsCredentials Se
-Version 5 (V5) of the AWS Tools for PowerShell has been released!
+AWS Tools for PowerShell V4 has entered maintenance mode.
@@ -9 +9 @@ Version 5 (V5) of the AWS Tools for PowerShell has been released!
-To start using the new version of the tools, see the [AWS Tools for PowerShell User Guide (V5)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/), especially the topic for [Migrating to V5](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/migrating-v5.html).
+We recommend that you migrate to [AWS Tools for PowerShell V5](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/v5/userguide/). For additional details and information on how to migrate, please refer to our [maintenance mode announcement](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/developer/aws-tools-for-powershell-v4-maintenance-mode-announcement/).