diff --git a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/build.gradle.kts b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/build.gradle.kts
index 2bbd34588..0557befdb 100644
--- a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/build.gradle.kts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ java {
         srcDir("src/main/dafny-generated")
         srcDir("src/main/smithy-generated")
         srcDir("src/main/sdkv1")
+        srcDir("src/main/sdkv2")
     }
     sourceSets["test"].java {
         srcDir("src/test")
@@ -91,8 +92,12 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.11.4")
     testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.11.4")
     
-    //    For the DDB-EC v1
-    implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-dynamodb:1.12.780")
+    // For the DDB-EC with SDK v1
+    compileOnly("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-dynamodb:1.12.780")
+    // For the DDB-EC with SDK V2
+    implementation("io.netty:netty-common:4.2.9.Final")
+
+    testImplementation("software.amazon.awssdk:url-connection-client:2.41.17")
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:7.5")
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.amazonaws/DynamoDBLocal
diff --git a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/src/test/sdkv2/software/amazon/cryptools/dynamodbencryptionclientsdk2/testing/LocalDynamoDb.java b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/src/test/sdkv2/software/amazon/cryptools/dynamodbencryptionclientsdk2/testing/LocalDynamoDb.java
index fe293a0d0..561c9204c 100644
--- a/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/src/test/sdkv2/software/amazon/cryptools/dynamodbencryptionclientsdk2/testing/LocalDynamoDb.java
+++ b/DynamoDbEncryption/runtimes/java/src/test/sdkv2/software/amazon/cryptools/dynamodbencryptionclientsdk2/testing/LocalDynamoDb.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public DynamoDbClient createClient() {
                              // The region is meaningless for local DynamoDb but required for client builder validation
                       .region(Region.US_EAST_1)
                       .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(
-                          AwsBasicCredentials.create("dummy-key", "dummy-secret")))
+                          AwsBasicCredentials.create("dummykey", "dummysecret")))
                       .build();
     }