diff --git a/share/spack/setup-tutorial-env.sh b/share/spack/setup-tutorial-env.sh
index bb1fd423df..1f46f15c2d 100755
--- a/share/spack/setup-tutorial-env.sh
+++ b/share/spack/setup-tutorial-env.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ until sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     sleep 5
 done
 
+####
+# Upgrade boto3 python package on AWS systems
+####
+pip3 install --upgrade boto3
+
+
 ####
 # Spack configuration settings for tutorial
 ####