diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8943e018c..deffe99db 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ gem 'wicked_pdf'
 gem 'zip-zip' # will load compatibility for old rubyzip API.
 
 gem 'aws-sdk-lambda'
-gem 'aws-sdk-rails'
+gem 'aws-sdk-rails', '~> 4'
 gem 'aws-sdk-s3'
 gem 'delayed_job_active_record'
 gem 'image_processing'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 07911f921..c50ccaa49 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ GEM
     awesome_print (1.9.2)
     aws-eventstream (1.2.0)
     aws-partitions (1.780.0)
-    aws-record (2.11.0)
+    aws-record (2.13.2)
       aws-sdk-dynamodb (~> 1, >= 1.85.0)
     aws-sdk-core (3.175.0)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
       aws-partitions (~> 1, >= 1.651.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.5)
       jmespath (~> 1, >= 1.6.1)
-    aws-sdk-dynamodb (1.87.0)
+    aws-sdk-dynamodb (1.88.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
     aws-sdk-kms (1.67.0)
@@ -162,14 +162,17 @@ GEM
     aws-sdk-lambda (1.99.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
-    aws-sdk-rails (3.8.0)
+    aws-sdk-rails (4.1.0)
+      actionmailbox (>= 7.0.0)
       aws-record (~> 2)
+      aws-sdk-s3 (~> 1, >= 1.123.0)
       aws-sdk-ses (~> 1, >= 1.50.0)
       aws-sdk-sesv2 (~> 1, >= 1.34.0)
+      aws-sdk-sns (~> 1, >= 1.61.0)
       aws-sdk-sqs (~> 1, >= 1.56.0)
       aws-sessionstore-dynamodb (~> 2)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1)
-      railties (>= 5.2.0)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.1)
+      railties (>= 7.0.0)
     aws-sdk-s3 (1.125.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
       aws-sdk-kms (~> 1)
@@ -180,12 +183,16 @@ GEM
     aws-sdk-sesv2 (1.35.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
+    aws-sdk-sns (1.62.0)
+      aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
+      aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
     aws-sdk-sqs (1.58.0)
       aws-sdk-core (~> 3, >= 3.174.0)
       aws-sigv4 (~> 1.1)
-    aws-sessionstore-dynamodb (2.1.0)
+    aws-sessionstore-dynamodb (2.2.0)
       aws-sdk-dynamodb (~> 1, >= 1.85.0)
-      rack (~> 2)
+      rack (>= 2, < 4)
+      rack-session (>= 1, < 3)
     aws-sigv4 (1.5.2)
       aws-eventstream (~> 1, >= 1.0.2)
     base62 (1.0.0)
@@ -559,6 +566,8 @@ GEM
     rack-protection (3.2.0)
       base64 (>= 0.1.0)
       rack (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.4)
+    rack-session (1.0.2)
+      rack (< 3)
     rack-test (2.1.0)
       rack (>= 1.3)
     rails (7.0.8.5)
@@ -783,7 +792,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   auto_strip_attributes (~> 2.1)
   awesome_print
   aws-sdk-lambda
-  aws-sdk-rails
+  aws-sdk-rails (~> 4)
   aws-sdk-s3
   base62
   bcrypt (~> 3.1.10)
diff --git a/config/initializers/action_mailer.rb b/config/initializers/action_mailer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..329f75265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/action_mailer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+if ENV['SMTP_USE_AWS_SES'] == 'true'
+  options = {}
+  options[:region] = ENV['AWS_SES_REGION'] if ENV['AWS_SES_REGION'].present?
+  ActionMailer::Base.add_delivery_method :ses, Aws::Rails::SesMailer, **options
+end