diff --git a/lms/envs/aws.py b/lms/envs/aws.py
index 0a73353358..c4889372af 100644
--- a/lms/envs/aws.py
+++ b/lms/envs/aws.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE', SESSION_COOKIE_S
 SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST = ENV_TOKENS.get('SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST', SESSION_SAVE_EVERY_REQUEST)
 
 AWS_SES_REGION_NAME = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_NAME', 'us-east-1')
-AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT', 'email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com')
+AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT = ENV_TOKENS.get('AWS_SES_REGION_ENDPOINT', 'email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com')
 
 REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS', REGISTRATION_EXTRA_FIELDS)
 REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM = ENV_TOKENS.get('REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM', REGISTRATION_EXTENSION_FORM)
diff --git a/requirements/edx/base.txt b/requirements/edx/base.txt
index 0e87074c5c..7b2fa35e02 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/base.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ django-oauth-plus==2.2.8
 django-oauth-toolkit==0.10.0
 django-pipeline-forgiving==1.0.0
 django-sekizai==0.8.2
-django-ses==0.7.0
+django-ses==0.7.1
 django-simple-history==1.6.3
 django-statici18n==1.1.5
 django-storages==1.4.1