diff --git a/services/backup/src/config.rs b/services/backup/src/config.rs
--- a/services/backup/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/backup/src/config.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
 use clap::Parser;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 
 /// Provides region/credentials configuration for AWS SDKs
 pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_config::SdkConfig {
-  let mut config_builder = aws_config::from_env();
+  let mut config_builder = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28());
 
   if let Some(endpoint) = &CONFIG.localstack_endpoint {
     info!("Using Localstack. AWS endpoint URL: {}", endpoint);
diff --git a/services/blob/src/config.rs b/services/blob/src/config.rs
--- a/services/blob/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/blob/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
 use clap::{ArgAction, Parser};
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@
 
 /// Provides region/credentials configuration for AWS SDKs
 pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_config::SdkConfig {
-  let mut config_builder = aws_config::from_env();
+  let mut config_builder = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28());
 
   if let Some(endpoint) = &CONFIG.localstack_endpoint {
     info!("Using Localstack. AWS endpoint URL: {}", endpoint);
diff --git a/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs b/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
--- a/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/feature-flags/src/config.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
 use clap::Parser;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 use tracing::info;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
 }
 
 pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_config::SdkConfig {
-  let mut config_builder = aws_config::from_env();
+  let mut config_builder = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28());
 
   if let Some(endpoint) = &CONFIG.localstack_endpoint {
     info!("Using Localstack. AWS endpoint URL: {}", endpoint);
diff --git a/services/identity/src/main.rs b/services/identity/src/main.rs
--- a/services/identity/src/main.rs
+++ b/services/identity/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use comm_lib::aws;
 use comm_lib::aws::config::timeout::TimeoutConfig;
+use comm_lib::aws::config::BehaviorVersion;
 use config::Command;
 use database::DatabaseClient;
 use tonic::transport::Server;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@
     Command::Server => {
       config::load_server_config();
       let addr = IDENTITY_SERVICE_SOCKET_ADDR.parse()?;
-      let aws_config = aws::config::from_env()
+      let aws_config = aws::config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28())
         .timeout_config(
           TimeoutConfig::builder()
             .connect_timeout(Duration::from_secs(60))
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@
       };
     }
     Command::SyncIdentitySearch => {
-      let aws_config = aws::config::from_env().region("us-east-2").load().await;
+      let aws_config = aws::config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28())
+        .region("us-east-2")
+        .load()
+        .await;
       let database_client = DatabaseClient::new(&aws_config);
       let sync_result = sync_index(&database_client).await;
 
diff --git a/services/reports/src/config.rs b/services/reports/src/config.rs
--- a/services/reports/src/config.rs
+++ b/services/reports/src/config.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
+use aws_config::BehaviorVersion;
 use clap::{ArgAction, Parser};
 use comm_lib::blob::client::Url;
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@
 
 /// Provides region/credentials configuration for AWS SDKs
 pub async fn load_aws_config() -> aws_config::SdkConfig {
-  let mut config_builder = aws_config::from_env();
+  let mut config_builder = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::v2024_03_28());
 
   if let Some(endpoint) = &CONFIG.localstack_endpoint {
     info!("Using Localstack. AWS Endpoint URL: {}", endpoint);