diff --git a/assets/BitmapWidgetRenderingSupport/index.js b/assets/BitmapWidgetRenderingSupport/index.js
index 8b8778f1..73d9f0ec 100644
--- a/assets/BitmapWidgetRenderingSupport/index.js
+++ b/assets/BitmapWidgetRenderingSupport/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const aws = require('aws-sdk');
+const { CloudWatchClient, GetMetricWidgetImageCommand } = require('@aws-sdk/client-cloudwatch');
 
 const DOCS = `
           ## Display a CloudWatch bitmap graph
@@ -21,27 +21,15 @@ const DOCS = `
 
 exports.handler = async (event) => {
     async function renderUsingCloudWatch(graph, width, height) {
-        const params = {MetricWidget: JSON.stringify(graph)};
-        const region = graph.region;
-        const customBackoff = (retryCount) => {
-            // Keep retrying with a random delay, long enough to overcome throttling from CW
-            const delay = 300 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 500);
-            console.log(`retry number ${retryCount} with a delay of ${delay} ms`);
-            return delay;
-        }
-        const clientOptions = {
-            region,
-            // Keep retrying until the Lambda times out
-            maxRetries: 99,
-            retryDelayOptions: {customBackoff},
-            httpOptions: {
-                connectTimeout: 3 * 1000,
-                timeout: 3 * 1000,
-            },
-        };
-        const cloudwatch = new aws.CloudWatch(clientOptions);
-        const image = await cloudwatch.getMetricWidgetImage(params).promise();
-        const base64Image = Buffer.from(image.MetricWidgetImage).toString('base64');
+        const client = new CloudWatchClient({
+            signingRegion: graph.region,
+            retryMode: 'standard',
+        });
+        const command = new GetMetricWidgetImageCommand({
+            MetricWidget: JSON.stringify(graph),
+        });
+        const response = await client.send(command);
+        const base64Image = Buffer.from(response.MetricWidgetImage).toString('base64');
         return `<img width="${width}" height="${height}" loading="lazy" src="data:image/png;base64,${base64Image}"/>`;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/dashboard/widget/BitmapWidget.ts b/lib/dashboard/widget/BitmapWidget.ts
index bfc4f65d..7cfbcd26 100644
--- a/lib/dashboard/widget/BitmapWidget.ts
+++ b/lib/dashboard/widget/BitmapWidget.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class BitmapWidgetRenderingSupport extends Construct {
         "Custom Widget Render for Bitmap Widgets (MonitoringCDKConstructs)",
       handler: "index.handler",
       memorySize: 128,
-      runtime: Runtime.NODEJS_14_X,
+      runtime: Runtime.NODEJS_18_X,
       timeout: Duration.seconds(60),
       logRetention: RetentionDays.ONE_DAY,
     });
diff --git a/test/dashboard/widget/__snapshots__/BitmapWidget.test.ts.snap b/test/dashboard/widget/__snapshots__/BitmapWidget.test.ts.snap
index abba281d..5d9aac16 100644
--- a/test/dashboard/widget/__snapshots__/BitmapWidget.test.ts.snap
+++ b/test/dashboard/widget/__snapshots__/BitmapWidget.test.ts.snap
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Object {
             "Arn",
           ],
         },
-        "Runtime": "nodejs14.x",
+        "Runtime": "nodejs18.x",
         "Tags": Array [
           Object {
             "Key": "cw-custom-widget",