AWS CLI V2 installation done but not showing botocore

[balaongit1213]

As per AWS docs

$ which aws
/usr/local/bin/aws
$ aws --version
aws-cli/2.19.1 Python/3.11.6 Darwin/23.3.0 botocore/2.4.5

but I have installed on Mac it got success like below but not showing botocore/version

please see the below for your information

aws --version
which aws

aws-cli/2.27.45 Python/3.13.4 Darwin/24.5.0 exe/x86_64
/usr/local/bin/aws

Could you please help me this

[uldyssian-sh]

This is expected for AWS CLI v2.

AWS CLI v2 is a self-contained, bundled executable. In some newer builds/platform combinations the aws --version output does not always include the botocore/... string, even though botocore is still bundled and used internally by the CLI.

So “not showing botocore” does not mean the install is broken.

What you can verify instead:

Confirm you are running AWS CLI v2:

aws --version

If you have multiple installs, confirm which binary is being executed:

which -a aws

If you installed via Homebrew, confirm the installed package/version:

brew info awscli

If you specifically need the botocore version for debugging, the most reliable approach is to compare against the AWS CLI release you installed (CLI releases bundle a specific botocore internally). The CLI v2 does not expose botocore as an importable Python module on your system Python, because it does not use your system Python environment.

In short:

• AWS CLI v2 can be correctly installed even if aws --version does not print botocore/...
• botocore is still included; it’s just not always displayed in the version string
• use which -a aws and your package manager to confirm you’re running the intended CLI build

[uldyssian-sh]

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