diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8cb351..77bcdf2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
             <version>2.14.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ses</artifactId>
+            <version>${aws.sdkv2.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- test dependencies -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/java/cloud/localstack/awssdkv1/SESMessagingTest.java b/src/test/java/cloud/localstack/awssdkv1/SESMessagingTest.java
index 5d1da2a..aa3de08 100644
--- a/src/test/java/cloud/localstack/awssdkv1/SESMessagingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/cloud/localstack/awssdkv1/SESMessagingTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import cloud.localstack.LocalstackTestRunner;
 import cloud.localstack.awssdkv1.TestUtils;
 
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.simpleemail.AmazonSimpleEmailService;
@@ -12,6 +13,13 @@
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.SesClient;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.CreateTemplateResponse;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.GetSendStatisticsResponse;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.SendTemplatedEmailResponse;
 
 /**
  * Test integration of SES messaging with LocalStack
@@ -129,4 +137,62 @@ public void testSendTemplatedEmail() throws Throwable {
         SendTemplatedEmailResult result = client.sendTemplatedEmail(request);
         Assert.assertNotNull(result);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSendTemplatedEmailV2() throws Throwable {
+        SesClient client = SesClient.builder()
+                .credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(AwsBasicCredentials.create("access", "secret")))
+                .region(Region.of(Localstack.INSTANCE.getDefaultRegion()))
+                .endpointOverride(new URI(Localstack.INSTANCE.getEndpointSES()))
+                .build();
+
+        software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.VerifyEmailAddressRequest verifyEmailAddressRequestTo = software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.VerifyEmailAddressRequest.builder().emailAddress(TO).build();
+        client.verifyEmailAddress(verifyEmailAddressRequestTo);
+
+        software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.VerifyEmailAddressRequest verifyEmailAddressRequestFrom = software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.VerifyEmailAddressRequest.builder().emailAddress(FROM).build();
+        client.verifyEmailAddress(verifyEmailAddressRequestFrom);
+
+        try {
+            this.testCreateTemplateV2(client);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new Throwable("Error creating template to send");
+        }
+
+        String templateData = "{ \"name\":\"Alejandro\", \"favoriteanimal\": \"alligator\" }";
+
+        software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.SendTemplatedEmailRequest request = software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.SendTemplatedEmailRequest.builder()
+                .configurationSetName(CONFIGSET)
+                .source(FROM)
+                .destination(software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.Destination.builder().toAddresses(TO).build())
+                .template(templateName)
+                .templateData(templateData)
+                .build();
+
+        SendTemplatedEmailResponse result = client.sendTemplatedEmail(request);
+
+        // this call is throwing exception
+        GetSendStatisticsResponse statistics = client.getSendStatistics();
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(result);
+    }
+
+    private void testCreateTemplateV2(SesClient client) {
+        templateName = "test-s-" + UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        String subjectPart = "Greetings, {{name}}!";
+        String htmlPart = "<h1>Hello {{name}},</h1><p>Your favorite animal is {{favoriteanimal}}.</p>";
+        String textPart = "Dear {{name}},\r\nYour favorite animal is {{favoriteanimal}}.";
+
+        software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.Template template = software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.Template.builder()
+                .htmlPart(htmlPart)
+                .textPart(textPart)
+                .subjectPart(subjectPart)
+                .templateName(templateName)
+                .build();
+
+        software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.CreateTemplateRequest request = software.amazon.awssdk.services.ses.model.CreateTemplateRequest.builder().template(template).build();
+        CreateTemplateResponse result = client.createTemplate(request);
+
+        Assert.assertNotNull(result);
+    }
+
 }