diff --git a/cpp/CHANGELOG.md b/cpp/CHANGELOG.md
index 94a9479ed4..a32c991748 100644
--- a/cpp/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/cpp/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Please mark all change in change log and use the ticket from JIRA.
 - MS-67 - Fix license check bug
 - MS-76 - Fix pipeline crash bug
 - MS-100 - cmake: fix AWS build issue
+- MS-101 - change AWS build type to Release
 
 ## Improvement
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/ThirdPartyPackages.cmake b/cpp/cmake/ThirdPartyPackages.cmake
index daffe72ec0..cb5f3532fe 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/ThirdPartyPackages.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/ThirdPartyPackages.cmake
@@ -1754,7 +1754,7 @@ macro(build_aws)
     set(AWS_CMAKE_ARGS
             ${EP_COMMON_TOOLCHAIN}
             "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${AWS_PREFIX}"
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib #${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
             -DBUILD_ONLY=s3
             -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=off