diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cc05e8a..10f717a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 language: php
 
 php:
-  - 5.3
-  - 5.4
+  - 5.6
+  - 7.0
+
+cache:
+  directories:
+    - $HOME/.composer/cache
 
 before_script:
   - composer install --dev --prefer-source
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfeeb52..d91f8af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # CHANGELOG
+## 2.0.0
+- bump to aws-sdk-for-php ZF2 module to 2.*
+-- which in turn bumps support to AWS SDK for PHP v3
+
 
 ## 1.6.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc2a6df..ddc4ebc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Here are the currently supported services:
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-* PHP 5.3
+* PHP 5.6
 * [Zend Framework 2](https://github.com/zendframework/zf2)
 * [Amazon AWS ZF 2 Module](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php-zf2): only if you plan to use Amazon SES service
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ file called `composer.json` and save it in the root of your project:
 ```
 {
     "require": {
-        "slm/mail": "~1.6"
+        "slm/mail": "~2.0"
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3f66afa..a20b93b 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
         }
     ],
     "require": {
-        "php": ">=5.3.3",
+        "php": ">=5.6",
         "zendframework/zend-mail": "~2.0",
         "zendframework/zend-http": "~2.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "aws/aws-sdk-php-zf2": ">=1.0.1",
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php-zf2": "~2.0",
         "zendframework/zendframework": "~2.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
diff --git a/src/SlmMail/Factory/SesServiceFactory.php b/src/SlmMail/Factory/SesServiceFactory.php
index 1e94be8..08526ca 100644
--- a/src/SlmMail/Factory/SesServiceFactory.php
+++ b/src/SlmMail/Factory/SesServiceFactory.php
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 use SlmMail\Service\SesService;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\FactoryInterface;
 use Zend\ServiceManager\ServiceLocatorInterface;
+use Aws\Sdk;
 
 class SesServiceFactory implements FactoryInterface
 {
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ class SesServiceFactory implements FactoryInterface
      */
     public function createService(ServiceLocatorInterface $serviceLocator)
     {
-        return new SesService($serviceLocator->get('Aws')->get('Ses'));
+        return new SesService($serviceLocator->get(Sdk::class)->createSes());
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/ElasticEmailTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/ElasticEmailTransportTest.php
index fe1c33d..bfea56a 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/ElasticEmailTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/ElasticEmailTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesElasticEmailService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\ElasticEmailService', array(), array('my-username', 'my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\ElasticEmailService', array(), array('my-username', 'my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MailgunTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MailgunTransportTest.php
index e398953..420c6c6 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MailgunTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MailgunTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesMailgunService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\MailgunService', array(), array('my-domain', 'my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\MailgunService', array(), array('my-domain', 'my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MandrillTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MandrillTransportTest.php
index 75f0710..5ba2f5d 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MandrillTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/MandrillTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesMandrillService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\MandrillService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\MandrillService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostageTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostageTransportTest.php
index 6be5341..090c7b2 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostageTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostageTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesPostageService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\PostageService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\PostageService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostmarkTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostmarkTransportTest.php
index 9660efe..a3d5d36 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostmarkTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/PostmarkTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesPostmarkService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\PostmarkService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\PostmarkService', array(), array('my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SendGridTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SendGridTransportTest.php
index 09da5cd..272ede0 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SendGridTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SendGridTransportTest.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesSendGridService()
     {
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\SendGridService', array(), array('my-username', 'my-secret-key'));
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\SendGridService', array(), array('my-username', 'my-secret-key'));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SesTransportTest.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SesTransportTest.php
index 6b679f6..d44af10 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SesTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Mail/Transport/SesTransportTest.php
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
         $serviceManager->setAllowOverride(true);
 
         $self = $this;
-        $serviceManager->setFactory('Aws', function() use ($self) {
-            $aws = $self->getMock('Guzzle\Service\Builder\ServiceBuilderInterface');
+        $serviceManager->setFactory('AwsModule', function() use ($self) {
+            $aws = $self->createMock('Guzzle\Service\Builder\ServiceBuilderInterface');
             $aws->expects($self->once())
-                ->method('get')
-                ->with($self->equalTo('Ses'))
-                ->will($self->returnValue($self->getMock('Aws\Ses\SesClient', array(), array(), '', false)));
+                ->method('createSes')
+                ->will($self->returnValue($self->createMock('Aws\Ses\SesClient', array(), array(), '', false)));
 
             return $aws;
         });
@@ -74,8 +73,8 @@ public function testCreateFromFactory()
 
     public function testTransportUsesSesService()
     {
-        $client    = $this->getMock('Aws\Ses\SesClient', array(), array(), '', false);
-        $service   = $this->getMock('SlmMail\Service\SesService', array(), array($client));
+        $client    = $this->createMock('Aws\Ses\SesClient', array(), array(), '', false);
+        $service   = $this->createMock('SlmMail\Service\SesService', array(), array($client));
         $transport = new HttpTransport($service);
         $message   = new Message();
 
diff --git a/tests/SlmMailTest/Util/ServiceManagerFactory.php b/tests/SlmMailTest/Util/ServiceManagerFactory.php
index 4630e78..eb9fda3 100644
--- a/tests/SlmMailTest/Util/ServiceManagerFactory.php
+++ b/tests/SlmMailTest/Util/ServiceManagerFactory.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public static function getServiceManager()
             isset(static::$config['service_manager']) ? static::$config['service_manager'] : array()
         ));
         $serviceManager->setService('ApplicationConfig', static::$config);
-        $serviceManager->setFactory('ServiceListener', 'Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceListenerFactory');
+        //$serviceManager->setFactory('ServiceListener', 'Zend\Mvc\Service\ServiceListenerFactory');
 
         /** @var $moduleManager \Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager */
         $moduleManager = $serviceManager->get('ModuleManager');
diff --git a/tests/TestConfiguration.php.dist b/tests/TestConfiguration.php.dist
index 2b5b43f..1aeb7b8 100644
--- a/tests/TestConfiguration.php.dist
+++ b/tests/TestConfiguration.php.dist
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 return array(
     'modules' => array(
-        'Aws',
+        'AwsModule',
         'SlmMail',
     ),
     'module_listener_options' => array(
diff --git a/tests/testing.config.php b/tests/testing.config.php
index 2bd21fc..b139efb 100644
--- a/tests/testing.config.php
+++ b/tests/testing.config.php
@@ -1,42 +1,36 @@
 <?php
-
 return array(
     'slm_mail' => array(
         'elastic_email' => array(
             'username' => 'my-username',
-            'key'      => 'my-secret-key'
+            'key' => 'my-secret-key'
         ),
-
+        
         'mandrill' => array(
             'key' => 'my-secret-key'
         ),
-
+        
         'postage' => array(
             'key' => 'my-secret-key'
         ),
-
+        
         'postmark' => array(
             'key' => 'my-secret-key'
         ),
-
+        
         'mailgun' => array(
             'domain' => 'my-domain',
-            'key'    => 'my-key'
+            'key' => 'my-key'
         ),
-
+        
         'send_grid' => array(
             'username' => 'my-username',
-            'key'      => 'my-key'
+            'key' => 'my-key'
         )
     ),
-
+    
     'aws' => array(
-        'services' => array(
-            'ses' => array(
-                'params' => array(
-                    'region' => 'us-east-1'
-                )
-            )
-        )
+        'region' => 'us-east-1',
+        'version' => 'latest'
     )
 );