**To create a new version of a managed policy** This example creates a new ``v2`` version of the IAM policy whose ARN is ``arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy`` and makes it the default version:: aws iam create-policy-version --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::123456789012:policy/MyPolicy --policy-document file://NewPolicyVersion.json --set-as-default Output:: { "PolicyVersion": { "CreateDate": "2015-06-16T18:56:03.721Z", "VersionId": "v2", "IsDefaultVersion": true } } For more information, see `Versioning for Managed Policies`_ in the *Using IAM* guide. .. _`Versioning for Managed Policies`: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies_managed-versioning.html