diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 97a36444c..0f62c09bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} + consumers
         run: |
           java -version
-          mvn -B test
+          mvn -B test -Daws.crt.debugnative=true
 
   # check that docs can still build
   check-docs:
diff --git a/sdk/greengrass/greengrass-client/src/event-stream-rpc-java/client/software/amazon/awssdk/aws/greengrass/GreengrassCoreIPCClientV2.java b/sdk/greengrass/greengrass-client/src/event-stream-rpc-java/client/software/amazon/awssdk/aws/greengrass/GreengrassCoreIPCClientV2.java
index 1f2111d6f..d0a3c4888 100644
--- a/sdk/greengrass/greengrass-client/src/event-stream-rpc-java/client/software/amazon/awssdk/aws/greengrass/GreengrassCoreIPCClientV2.java
+++ b/sdk/greengrass/greengrass-client/src/event-stream-rpc-java/client/software/amazon/awssdk/aws/greengrass/GreengrassCoreIPCClientV2.java
@@ -1193,14 +1193,16 @@ public static class Builder {
 
     public GreengrassCoreIPCClientV2 build() throws IOException {
       if (client == null) {
-        SocketOptions socketOptions = new SocketOptions();
-        socketOptions.connectTimeoutMs = 3000;
-        socketOptions.domain = this.socketDomain;
-        socketOptions.type = SocketOptions.SocketType.STREAM;
         String ipcServerSocketPath = this.socketPath;
         String authToken = this.authToken;
         try (EventLoopGroup elGroup = new EventLoopGroup(1);
-        ClientBootstrap clientBootstrap = new ClientBootstrap(elGroup, null)) {
+             ClientBootstrap clientBootstrap = new ClientBootstrap(elGroup, null);
+             SocketOptions socketOptions = new SocketOptions()) {
+
+          socketOptions.connectTimeoutMs = 3000;
+          socketOptions.domain = this.socketDomain;
+          socketOptions.type = SocketOptions.SocketType.STREAM;
+
           final EventStreamRPCConnectionConfig config = new EventStreamRPCConnectionConfig(clientBootstrap, elGroup, socketOptions, null, ipcServerSocketPath, this.port, GreengrassConnectMessageSupplier.connectMessageSupplier(authToken));
           connection = new EventStreamRPCConnection(config);
           CompletableFuture<Void> connected = new CompletableFuture<>();
diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index 23f5e48b0..af916f395 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk.crt</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-crt</artifactId>
-      <version>0.16.4</version>
+      <version>0.16.6</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>