diff --git a/projects/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp/package.yml b/projects/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp/package.yml
index 388f7e84..1cdabcf3 100644
--- a/projects/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp/package.yml
+++ b/projects/github.com/aws/aws-sdk-cpp/package.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ dependencies:
 build:
   dependencies:
     cmake.org: '*'
-    git-scm.org: '*'
+    git-scm.org: ^2
+    linux:
+      kernel.org/linux-headers: ^5
   script:
     # required or cmake fails with an unhelpful error
     # this is why we need to build from a git checkout