diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/PeriodicBatchingSinkImplementationCallback.cs b/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/PeriodicBatchingSinkImplementationCallback.cs
index 014f261..caa05d2 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/PeriodicBatchingSinkImplementationCallback.cs
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/PeriodicBatchingSinkImplementationCallback.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 using Serilog.Events;
 using Serilog.Formatting;
 using Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching;
+using LogEvent = Serilog.Events.LogEvent;
 
 namespace Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch
 {
diff --git a/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.csproj b/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.csproj
index f5b5fae..63050e4 100644
--- a/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.csproj
+++ b/src/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>A Serilog sink that logs to AWS CloudWatch</Description>
     <AssemblyTitle>AWS Cloud Watch Serilog Sink</AssemblyTitle>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <None Include="../../readme.md" pack="true" PackagePath="." />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.CloudWatchLogs" Version="[3.5.0.9,)" />
+    <PackageReference Include="AWSSDK.CloudWatchLogs" Version="3.7.305.60" />
     <!-- This has to be here to prevent breaking Serilog.Formatting.Json.JSonFormatter, see https://github.com/Cimpress-MCP/serilog-sinks-awscloudwatch/issues/131 -->
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="[3.0.0,)" />
     <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.PeriodicBatching" Version="[3.1.0,)" />
diff --git a/test/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.Tests/PeriodicBatchedSinkImplementationCallbackTests.cs b/test/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.Tests/PeriodicBatchedSinkImplementationCallbackTests.cs
index cd13d19..73cb583 100644
--- a/test/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.Tests/PeriodicBatchedSinkImplementationCallbackTests.cs
+++ b/test/Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.Tests/PeriodicBatchedSinkImplementationCallbackTests.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
+using LogEvent = Serilog.Events.LogEvent;
 
 namespace Serilog.Sinks.AwsCloudWatch.Tests
 {