diff --git a/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_generated.resolvers.go b/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_generated.resolvers.go
index ab5a39a8cc..034c7a6531 100644
--- a/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_generated.resolvers.go
+++ b/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_generated.resolvers.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	reference "github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/pkg/reference"
 	errors "github.com/pkg/errors"
 	v1beta1 "github.com/upbound/provider-aws/apis/iam/v1beta1"
+	common "github.com/upbound/provider-aws/config/common"
 	client "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ func (mg *StateMachine) ResolveReferences(ctx context.Context, c client.Reader)
 
 	rsp, err = r.Resolve(ctx, reference.ResolutionRequest{
 		CurrentValue: reference.FromPtrValue(mg.Spec.ForProvider.RoleArn),
-		Extract:      reference.ExternalName(),
+		Extract:      common.ARNExtractor(),
 		Reference:    mg.Spec.ForProvider.RoleArnRef,
 		Selector:     mg.Spec.ForProvider.RoleArnSelector,
 		To: reference.To{
diff --git a/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_statemachine_types.go b/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_statemachine_types.go
index 530ec08b09..d2e72fa426 100755
--- a/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_statemachine_types.go
+++ b/apis/sfn/v1beta1/zz_statemachine_types.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ type StateMachineParameters struct {
 
 	// The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the IAM role to use for this state machine.
 	// +crossplane:generate:reference:type=github.com/upbound/provider-aws/apis/iam/v1beta1.Role
+	// +crossplane:generate:reference:extractor=github.com/upbound/provider-aws/config/common.ARNExtractor()
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
 	RoleArn *string `json:"roleArn,omitempty" tf:"role_arn,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/config/sfn/config.go b/config/sfn/config.go
index 1531fd4aa1..003a684e9b 100644
--- a/config/sfn/config.go
+++ b/config/sfn/config.go
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 package sfn
 
-import "github.com/upbound/upjet/pkg/config"
+import (
+	"github.com/upbound/upjet/pkg/config"
+
+	"github.com/upbound/provider-aws/config/common"
+)
 
 // Configure adds configurations for sfn group.
 func Configure(p *config.Provider) {
 	p.AddResourceConfigurator("aws_sfn_state_machine", func(r *config.Resource) {
 		r.References["role_arn"] = config.Reference{
-			Type: "github.com/upbound/provider-aws/apis/iam/v1beta1.Role",
+			Type:      "github.com/upbound/provider-aws/apis/iam/v1beta1.Role",
+			Extractor: common.PathARNExtractor,
 		}
 	})
 }