name : update-pod-identity-association.rst **To update the EKS Pod Identity association** The following ``update-pod-identity-association`` example updates an EKS Pod Identity association by changing the associated IAM role from ``arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/my-role`` to ``arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/s3-role`` for association ID ``a-9njjin9gfghecgocd``. This API only allows updating the associated IAM role. :: aws eks update-pod-identity-association \ --cluster-name eks-customer \ --association-id a-9njjin9gfghecgocd \ --role-arn arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/s3-role Output:: { "association": { "clusterName": "eks-customer", "namespace": "default", "serviceAccount": "default", "roleArn": "arn:aws:iam::111122223333:role/s3-role", "associationArn": "arn:aws:eks:us-west-2:111122223333:podidentityassociation/eks-customer/a-9njjin9gfghecgocd", "associationId": "a-9njjin9gfghecgocd", "tags": { "Key2": "value2", "Key1": "value1" }, "createdAt": "2025-05-24T19:52:14.135000-05:00", "modifiedAt": "2025-05-25T21:01:53.120000-05:00" } } For more information, see `Learn how EKS Pod Identity grants pods access to AWS services <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/pod-identities.html>`__ in the *Amazon EKS User Guide*.