diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18f65b2..64349c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -462,28 +462,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aws-lc-rs"
-version = "1.16.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a054912289d18629dc78375ba2c3726a3afe3ff71b4edba9dedfca0e3446d1fc"
-dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-sys",
- "zeroize",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "aws-lc-sys"
-version = "0.39.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fa7e52a4c5c547c741610a2c6f123f3881e409b714cd27e6798ef020c514f0a"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cmake",
- "dunce",
- "fs_extra",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-runtime"
 version = "1.7.2"
@@ -801,7 +779,6 @@ checksum = "028999056d2d2fd58a697232f9eec4a643cf73a71cf327690a7edad1d2af2110"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-smithy-async",
  "aws-smithy-http 0.63.6",
- "aws-smithy-http-client",
  "aws-smithy-observability",
  "aws-smithy-runtime-api",
  "aws-smithy-types",
@@ -1387,8 +1364,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a0dd1ca384932ff3641c8718a02769f1698e7563dc6974ffd03346116310423"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
- "jobserver",
- "libc",
  "shlex",
 ]
 
@@ -1541,15 +1516,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c8d4a3bb8b1e0c1050499d1815f5ab16d04f0959b233085fb31653fbfc9d98f9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.57"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75443c44cd6b379beb8c5b45d85d0773baf31cce901fe7bb252f4eff3008ef7d"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cobs"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -2199,12 +2165,6 @@ version = "0.0.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f678cf4a922c215c63e0de95eb1ff08a958a81d47e485cf9da1e27bf6305cfa5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dunce"
-version = "1.0.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "92773504d58c093f6de2459af4af33faa518c13451eb8f2b5698ed3d36e7c813"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dyn-clone"
 version = "1.0.20"
@@ -2609,12 +2569,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fs_extra"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42703706b716c37f96a77aea830392ad231f44c9e9a67872fa5548707e11b11c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.32"
@@ -3778,16 +3732,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "trait-variant",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "jobserver"
-version = "0.1.34"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9afb3de4395d6b3e67a780b6de64b51c978ecf11cb9a462c66be7d4ca9039d33"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom 0.3.4",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.91"
@@ -6019,7 +5963,6 @@ version = "0.23.37"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "758025cb5fccfd3bc2fd74708fd4682be41d99e5dff73c377c0646c6012c73a4"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
  "ring",
@@ -6066,7 +6009,6 @@ version = "0.103.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df33b2b81ac578cabaf06b89b0631153a3f416b0a886e8a7a1707fb51abbd1ef"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-rs",
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
  "untrusted",
@@ -7857,6 +7799,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "aws-config",
  "aws-sdk-s3",
+ "aws-smithy-http-client",
  "axum",
  "backon",
  "base32",
@@ -8063,6 +8006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "aws-config",
  "aws-sdk-s3",
+ "aws-smithy-http-client",
  "bytes",
  "futures",
  "sha2",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e299699..9d13d9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ backon = "1"
 bincode = { version = "2", features = ["serde"] }
 anyhow = "1.0"
 async-trait = "0.1"
-aws-config = "1.8"
-aws-sdk-s3 = { version = "1.118", default-features = false, features = ["sigv4a", "default-https-client", "rt-tokio"] }
+aws-config = { version = "1.8", default-features = false, features = ["rt-tokio", "credentials-process", "sso"] }
+aws-sdk-s3 = { version = "1.118", default-features = false, features = ["sigv4a", "rt-tokio"] }
+aws-smithy-http-client = { version = "1.1", features = ["rustls-ring"] }
 axum = { version = "0.8", features = ["ws", "macros"] }
 base32 = "0.5"
 base64 = "0.22"
diff --git a/crates/tranquil-pds/Cargo.toml b/crates/tranquil-pds/Cargo.toml
index a082093..5d5fc78 100644
--- a/crates/tranquil-pds/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tranquil-pds/Cargo.toml
@@ -102,4 +102,5 @@ hex = { workspace = true }
 tokio-tungstenite = { workspace = true }
 aws-config = { workspace = true }
 aws-sdk-s3 = { workspace = true }
+aws-smithy-http-client = { workspace = true }
 redis = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/tranquil-pds/tests/common/mod.rs b/crates/tranquil-pds/tests/common/mod.rs
index 092e1b7..74d8dca 100644
--- a/crates/tranquil-pds/tests/common/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tranquil-pds/tests/common/mod.rs
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@ async fn setup_with_testcontainers() -> String {
     }
     let sdk_config = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::latest())
         .region("us-east-1")
+        .http_client(
+            aws_smithy_http_client::Builder::new()
+                .tls_provider(aws_smithy_http_client::tls::Provider::Rustls(
+                    aws_smithy_http_client::tls::rustls_provider::CryptoMode::Ring,
+                ))
+                .build_https(),
+        )
         .endpoint_url(&s3_endpoint)
         .credentials_provider(Credentials::new(
             "minioadmin",
diff --git a/crates/tranquil-storage/Cargo.toml b/crates/tranquil-storage/Cargo.toml
index fc03d73..bf05466 100644
--- a/crates/tranquil-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tranquil-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-s3 = ["dep:aws-config", "dep:aws-sdk-s3"]
+s3 = ["dep:aws-config", "dep:aws-sdk-s3", "dep:aws-smithy-http-client"]
 
 [dependencies]
 tranquil-config = { workspace = true }
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tranquil-infra = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 aws-config = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 aws-sdk-s3 = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+aws-smithy-http-client = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/tranquil-storage/src/lib.rs b/crates/tranquil-storage/src/lib.rs
index 16fc326..6f4c66a 100644
--- a/crates/tranquil-storage/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tranquil-storage/src/lib.rs
@@ -151,8 +151,15 @@ mod s3 {
     async fn create_s3_client() -> Client {
         let region_provider = RegionProviderChain::default_provider().or_else("us-east-1");
 
+        let http_client = aws_smithy_http_client::Builder::new()
+            .tls_provider(aws_smithy_http_client::tls::Provider::Rustls(
+                aws_smithy_http_client::tls::rustls_provider::CryptoMode::Ring,
+            ))
+            .build_https();
+
         let config = aws_config::defaults(BehaviorVersion::latest())
             .region(region_provider)
+            .http_client(http_client)
             .load()
             .await;