diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/SQS/AwsSqs.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/SQS/AwsSqs.node.ts
index 63a5dd4ff9..38d02abf43 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/SQS/AwsSqs.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Aws/SQS/AwsSqs.node.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {
-	BINARY_ENCODING,
 	IExecuteFunctions,
 } from 'n8n-core';
 
@@ -23,6 +22,10 @@ import {
 	awsApiRequestSOAP,
 } from '../GenericFunctions';
 
+import {
+	pascalCase,
+} from 'change-case';
+
 export class AwsSqs implements INodeType {
 	description: INodeTypeDescription = {
 		displayName: 'AWS SQS',
@@ -268,10 +271,15 @@ export class AwsSqs implements INodeType {
 		loadOptions: {
 			// Get all the available queues to display them to user so that it can be selected easily
 			async getQueues(this: ILoadOptionsFunctions): Promise<INodePropertyOptions[]> {
+				const params = [
+					'Version=2012-11-05',
+					`Action=ListQueues`,
+				];
+
 				let data;
 				try {
 					// loads first 1000 queues from SQS
-					data = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sqs', 'GET', `?Action=ListQueues`);
+					data = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sqs', 'GET', `?${params.join('&')}`);
 				} catch (error) {
 					throw new NodeApiError(this.getNode(), error);
 				}
@@ -310,7 +318,11 @@ export class AwsSqs implements INodeType {
 		for (let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
 			const queueUrl = this.getNodeParameter('queue', i) as string;
 			const queuePath = new URL(queueUrl).pathname;
-			const params = [];
+
+			const params = [
+				'Version=2012-11-05',
+				`Action=${pascalCase(operation)}`,
+			];
 
 			const options = this.getNodeParameter('options', i, {}) as IDataObject;
 			const sendInputData = this.getNodeParameter('sendInputData', i) as boolean;
@@ -375,7 +387,7 @@ export class AwsSqs implements INodeType {
 
 			let responseData;
 			try {
-				responseData = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sqs', 'GET', `${queuePath}/?Action=${operation}&` + params.join('&'));
+				responseData = await awsApiRequestSOAP.call(this, 'sqs', 'GET', `${queuePath}?${params.join('&')}`);
 			} catch (error) {
 				throw new NodeApiError(this.getNode(), error);
 			}