diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/src/main/resources/org/apache/flink/kinesis/shaded/software/amazon/awssdk/global/handlers/execution.interceptors b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/src/main/resources/org/apache/flink/kinesis/shaded/software/amazon/awssdk/global/handlers/execution.interceptors
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c23d01ae5f0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kinesis/src/main/resources/org/apache/flink/kinesis/shaded/software/amazon/awssdk/global/handlers/execution.interceptors
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.apache.flink.kinesis.shaded.software.amazon.awssdk.core.internal.interceptor.HttpChecksumRequiredInterceptor
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7e2e39effda4c..ed3e4f8036a71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1551,6 +1551,9 @@ under the License.
 						<exclude>flink-python/lib/**</exclude>
 						<exclude>flink-python/dev/download/**</exclude>
 						<exclude>flink-python/docs/_build/**</exclude>
+
+						<!-- AWS SDK config that does not support license headers -->
+						<exclude>**/awssdk/global/handlers/execution.interceptors</exclude>
 					</excludes>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>