diff --git a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 0064050e87ed..66f8a7ddecb3 100644
--- a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ func createExporter(opts component.Options, args component.Arguments, defaultIns
 	fipsEnabled := !a.FIPSDisabled
 
 	if a.DecoupledScrape.Enabled {
-		exp, err := cloudwatch_exporter.NewDecoupledCloudwatchExporter(opts.ID, opts.Logger, exporterConfig, a.DecoupledScrape.ScrapeInterval, fipsEnabled, a.Debug, "2")
+		exp, err := cloudwatch_exporter.NewDecoupledCloudwatchExporter(opts.ID, opts.Logger, exporterConfig, a.DecoupledScrape.ScrapeInterval, fipsEnabled, a.Debug, a.AWSSDKVersion)
 		return exp, getHash(a), err
 	}
 
-	exp, err := cloudwatch_exporter.NewCloudwatchExporter(opts.ID, opts.Logger, exporterConfig, fipsEnabled, a.Debug, "2")
+	exp, err := cloudwatch_exporter.NewCloudwatchExporter(opts.ID, opts.Logger, exporterConfig, fipsEnabled, a.Debug, a.AWSSDKVersion)
 	return exp, getHash(a), err
 }
diff --git a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
index 2a3f7bc193f2..6deb1983087d 100644
--- a/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
+++ b/internal/component/prometheus/exporter/cloudwatch/config.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var defaults = Arguments{
 		Enabled:        false,
 		ScrapeInterval: 5 * time.Minute,
 	},
+	AWSSDKVersion: "v1",
 }
 
 // Arguments are the river based options to configure the embedded CloudWatch exporter.
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ type Arguments struct {
 	Discovery             []DiscoveryJob        `river:"discovery,block,optional"`
 	Static                []StaticJob           `river:"static,block,optional"`
 	DecoupledScrape       DecoupledScrapeConfig `river:"decoupled_scraping,block,optional"`
+	AWSSDKVersion         string                `river:"aws_sdk_version"`
 }
 
 // DecoupledScrapeConfig is the configuration for decoupled scraping feature.
diff --git a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
index 18123c6a2739..242d5c47be99 100644
--- a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
+++ b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter.go
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ func NewCloudwatchExporter(name string, logger log.Logger, conf yaceModel.JobsCo
 	var err error
 
 	switch clientVersion {
-	case "1":
+	case AWSSDKVersionV1:
 		factory = yaceClientsV1.NewFactory(loggerWrapper, conf, fipsEnabled)
-	case "2":
+	case AWSSDKVersionV2:
 		factory, err = yaceClientsV2.NewFactory(loggerWrapper, conf, fipsEnabled)
 	default:
-		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid client version %s", clientVersion)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid client version %s, valid versions are v1 and v2", clientVersion)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter_decoupled.go b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter_decoupled.go
index dfbda6eb348b..99677eabd598 100644
--- a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter_decoupled.go
+++ b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/cloudwatch_exporter_decoupled.go
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ func NewDecoupledCloudwatchExporter(name string, logger log.Logger, conf yaceMod
 	var err error
 
 	switch clientVersion {
-	case "1":
+	case AWSSDKVersionV1:
 		factory = yaceClientsV1.NewFactory(loggerWrapper, conf, fipsEnabled)
-	case "2":
+	case AWSSDKVersionV2:
 		factory, err = yaceClientsV2.NewFactory(loggerWrapper, conf, fipsEnabled)
 	default:
-		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid client version %s", clientVersion)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("invalid client version %s, valid versions are v1 and v2", clientVersion)
 	}
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
index 502cf635b296..dd2846ca1a79 100644
--- a/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
+++ b/static/integrations/cloudwatch_exporter/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ const (
 	tagConcurrency                   = 5
 	labelsSnakeCase                  = false
 	defaultDecoupledScrapingInterval = time.Minute * 5
+
+	AWSSDKVersionV1 = "v1"
+	AWSSDKVersionV2 = "v2"
 )
 
 // Since we are gathering metrics from CloudWatch and writing them in prometheus during each scrape, the timestamp
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Static          []StaticJob           `yaml:"static"`
 	Debug           bool                  `yaml:"debug"`
 	DecoupledScrape DecoupledScrapeConfig `yaml:"decoupled_scraping"`
+	AWSSDKVersion   string                `yaml:"aws_sdk_version"`
 }
 
 // DecoupledScrapeConfig is the configuration for decoupled scraping feature.