name : create-policy-version.rst **To create a new version of a managed policy** This example creates a new ``v2`` version of the IAM policy whose ARN is ``arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy`` and makes it the default version. :: aws iam create-policy-version \ --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy \ --policy-document file://NewPolicyVersion.json \ --set-as-default Output:: { "PolicyVersion": { "CreateDate": "2015-06-16T18:56:03.721Z", "VersionId": "v2", "IsDefaultVersion": true } } For more information, see `Versioning IAM policies <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_managed-versioning.html>`__ in the *AWS IAM User Guide*.