diff --git a/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_delete.py b/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_delete.py
index c5b50905..1483252c 100644
--- a/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_delete.py
+++ b/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_delete.py
@@ -106,3 +106,5 @@ def s3_bucket_delete(
         LOGGER.info(f'Deleting {boto_objects}')
         boto_delete_request = {'Objects': boto_objects}
         bucket.delete_objects(Delete=boto_delete_request)
+    else:
+        LOGGER.info('No objects to delete')
diff --git a/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_upload.py b/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_upload.py
index 8ff7fadb..f6811e17 100644
--- a/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_upload.py
+++ b/cosmotech/coal/cli/commands/s3_bucket_upload.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def s3_bucket_upload(
 
 Make use of the boto3 library to access the bucket
 
-More information is available on this page: 
+More information is available on this page:
 [https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/configuration.html](https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/guide/configuration.html)
 """
     source_path = pathlib.Path(source_folder)
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ def s3_bucket_upload(
     if ssl_cert_bundle:
         boto3_parameters["verify"] = ssl_cert_bundle
 
-    s3_client = boto3.client("s3", **boto3_parameters)
+    s3_resource = boto3.resource("s3", **boto3_parameters)
 
     def file_upload(file_path: pathlib.Path, file_name: str):
         uploaded_file_name = file_prefix + file_name
         LOGGER.info(f"Sending {file_path} as {uploaded_file_name}")
-        s3_client.upload_file(file_path, bucket_name, uploaded_file_name)
+        s3_resource.Bucket(bucket_name).upload_file(file_path, uploaded_file_name)
 
     if source_path.is_dir():
         _source_name = str(source_path)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cba267aa..72bc43ff 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ redisgraph_bulk_loader==0.10.2
 cosmotech-api~=3.2
 
 # Commands requirements
-boto3~=1.34
+boto3~=1.35.19
 requests~=2.32.3
 singlestoredb~=1.10.0