AWS Route53 DNS Challenge Issue Due to Propagation

[bjmaynard01]

I am running into an issue using the DNS challenge in AWS and I believe the previous place I posted on is now closed. The DNS challenge with AWS was working for me before, but as of the last few months, I'm getting the following when trying to get a new cert for a domain with DNS challenge in Route53. It happens whether I leave the propagation field blank or put in a value.

Version:

docker inspect npm | grep -i version
                "OPENRESTY_VERSION=1.27.1.2",
                "CROWDSEC_OPENRESTY_BOUNCER_VERSION=0.1.7",
                "NPM_BUILD_VERSION=2.14.0",
                "com.docker.compose.version": "5.0.2",
                "org.label-schema.schema-version": "1.0"

image: jc21/nginx-proxy-manager:latest

Log:

[3/17/2026] [1:39:27 PM] [Nginx    ] › ℹ  info      Reloading Nginx
[3/17/2026] [1:39:28 PM] [Certbot  ] › ▶  start     Installing route53...
[3/17/2026] [1:39:32 PM] [Certbot  ] › ☒  complete  Installed route53
[3/17/2026] [1:39:32 PM] [SSL      ] › ℹ  info      Requesting LetsEncrypt certificates via Route 53 (Amazon) for Cert #46: <redacted>
[3/17/2026] [1:39:32 PM] [SSL      ] › ℹ  info      Command: certbot certonly --config /etc/letsencrypt.ini --work-dir /tmp/letsencrypt-lib --logs-dir /data/logs --cert-name npm-46 --agree-tos -m <redacted> --preferred-challenges dns --domains <redacted> --authenticator dns-route53 --dns-route53-propagation-seconds
[3/17/2026] [1:39:34 PM] [Nginx    ] › ℹ  info      Reloading Nginx
[3/17/2026] [1:39:35 PM] [Express  ] › ⚠  warning   usage:
  certbot [SUBCOMMAND] [options] [-d DOMAIN] [-d DOMAIN] ...

Certbot can obtain and install HTTPS/TLS/SSL certificates.  By default,
it will attempt to use a webserver both for obtaining and installing the
certificate.
certbot: error: unrecognized arguments: --dns-route53-propagation-seconds

[3/17/2026] [1:42:46 PM] [Nginx    ] › ℹ  info      Reloading Nginx
[3/17/2026] [1:42:47 PM] [Certbot  ] › ▶  start     Installing route53...
[3/17/2026] [1:42:50 PM] [Certbot  ] › ☒  complete  Installed route53
[3/17/2026] [1:42:50 PM] [SSL      ] › ℹ  info      Requesting LetsEncrypt certificates via Route 53 (Amazon) for Cert #47: <redacted>
[3/17/2026] [1:42:51 PM] [SSL      ] › ℹ  info      Command: certbot certonly --config /etc/letsencrypt.ini --work-dir /tmp/letsencrypt-lib --logs-dir /data/logs --cert-name npm-47 --agree-tos -m <redacted> --preferred-challenges dns --domains <redacted> --authenticator dns-route53 --dns-route53-propagation-seconds 60
[3/17/2026] [1:42:53 PM] [Nginx    ] › ℹ  info      Reloading Nginx
[3/17/2026] [1:42:54 PM] [Express  ] › ⚠  warning   usage:
  certbot [SUBCOMMAND] [options] [-d DOMAIN] [-d DOMAIN] ...

Certbot can obtain and install HTTPS/TLS/SSL certificates.  By default,
it will attempt to use a webserver both for obtaining and installing the
certificate.
certbot: error: unrecognized arguments: --dns-route53-propagation-seconds 60

Originally posted by @bjmaynard01 in #4702