diff --git a/config/runtime.exs b/config/runtime.exs
index fbb8def2..bec1b9fd 100644
--- a/config/runtime.exs
+++ b/config/runtime.exs
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
 
   host = System.get_env("PHX_HOST") || "example.com"
 
-  # Configure AWS credentials
-  config :ex_aws,
-    access_key_id: System.get_env("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
-    secret_access_key: System.get_env("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"),
-    region: System.get_env("AWS_REGION") || "us-east-1"
-
   config :libcluster,
     topologies: [
       k8s: [
@@ -65,6 +59,9 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
       ]
     ]
 
+  # Configure Swoosh to use Req for API requests
+  config :swoosh, :api_client, Swoosh.ApiClient.Req
+
   # ## SSL Support
   #
   # To get SSL working, you will need to add the `https` key
@@ -117,8 +114,10 @@ if config_env() == :prod do
 
   # Configure Amazon SES for production email
   config :towerops, Towerops.Mailer,
-    adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.ExAwsSES,
-    region: System.get_env("AWS_REGION") || "us-east-1"
+    adapter: Swoosh.Adapters.AmazonSES,
+    region: System.get_env("AWS_REGION") || "us-east-1",
+    access_key: System.get_env("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"),
+    secret: System.get_env("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
 
   config :towerops, Towerops.Repo,
     # ssl: true,
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 54eaa8fa..49a75445 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ defmodule Towerops.MixProject do
       {:heroicons,
        github: "tailwindlabs/heroicons", tag: "v2.2.0", sparse: "optimized", app: false, compile: false, depth: 1},
       {:swoosh, "~> 1.16"},
-      {:ex_aws, "~> 2.5"},
-      {:ex_aws_ses, "~> 2.4"},
       {:cbor, "~> 1.0"},
       {:protobuf, "~> 0.12"},
       {:req, "~> 0.5"},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 49f1e416..73708030 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
   "elixir_make": {:hex, :elixir_make, "0.9.0", "6484b3cd8c0cee58f09f05ecaf1a140a8c97670671a6a0e7ab4dc326c3109726", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "db23d4fd8b757462ad02f8aa73431a426fe6671c80b200d9710caf3d1dd0ffdb"},
   "erlex": {:hex, :erlex, "0.2.8", "cd8116f20f3c0afe376d1e8d1f0ae2452337729f68be016ea544a72f767d9c12", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "9d66ff9fedf69e49dc3fd12831e12a8a37b76f8651dd21cd45fcf5561a8a7590"},
   "esbuild": {:hex, :esbuild, "0.10.0", "b0aa3388a1c23e727c5a3e7427c932d89ee791746b0081bbe56103e9ef3d291f", [:mix], [{:jason, "~> 1.4", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "468489cda427b974a7cc9f03ace55368a83e1a7be12fba7e30969af78e5f8c70"},
-  "ex_aws": {:hex, :ex_aws, "2.6.1", "194582c7b09455de8a5ab18a0182e6dd937d53df82be2e63c619d01bddaccdfa", [:mix], [{:configparser_ex, "~> 5.0", [hex: :configparser_ex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:hackney, "~> 1.16", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jason, "~> 1.1", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jsx, "~> 2.8 or ~> 3.0", [hex: :jsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:mime, "~> 1.2 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:req, "~> 0.5.10 or ~> 0.6 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :req, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.7", [hex: :sweet_xml, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4.3 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "67842a08c90a1d9a09dbe4ac05754175c7ca253abe4912987c759395d4bd9d26"},
-  "ex_aws_ses": {:hex, :ex_aws_ses, "2.4.1", "1aa945610121c9891054c27d0f71f5799b2e0a2062044d742d89c1cee251f9e2", [:mix], [{:ex_aws, "~> 2.0", [hex: :ex_aws, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "dddac42d4d7b826f7099bbe7402a35e68eb76434d6c58bfa332002ea2b522645"},
   "expo": {:hex, :expo, "1.1.1", "4202e1d2ca6e2b3b63e02f69cfe0a404f77702b041d02b58597c00992b601db5", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "5fb308b9cb359ae200b7e23d37c76978673aa1b06e2b3075d814ce12c5811640"},
   "file_system": {:hex, :file_system, "1.1.1", "31864f4685b0148f25bd3fbef2b1228457c0c89024ad67f7a81a3ffbc0bbad3a", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "7a15ff97dfe526aeefb090a7a9d3d03aa907e100e262a0f8f7746b78f8f87a5d"},
   "finch": {:hex, :finch, "0.20.0", "5330aefb6b010f424dcbbc4615d914e9e3deae40095e73ab0c1bb0968933cadf", [:mix], [{:mime, "~> 1.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mint, "~> 1.6.2 or ~> 1.7", [hex: :mint, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:nimble_options, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :nimble_options, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:nimble_pool, "~> 1.1", [hex: :nimble_pool, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "2658131a74d051aabfcba936093c903b8e89da9a1b63e430bee62045fa9b2ee2"},