diff --git a/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManager.java b/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManager.java
index 3158a842b..2b33cb851 100644
--- a/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManager.java
+++ b/wrapper/src/main/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManager.java
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.jdbc.HostSpec;
 import software.amazon.jdbc.PropertyDefinition;
 import software.amazon.jdbc.util.Messages;
+import software.amazon.jdbc.util.StringUtils;
 
 public class AwsCredentialsManager {
   private static AwsCredentialsProviderHandler handler = null;
@@ -64,7 +66,11 @@ public static AwsCredentialsProvider getProvider(final HostSpec hostSpec, final
     }
   }
 
-  private static AwsCredentialsProvider getDefaultProvider() {
-    return DefaultCredentialsProvider.create();
+  private static AwsCredentialsProvider getDefaultProvider(final @Nullable String awsProfileName) {
+    DefaultCredentialsProvider.Builder builder = DefaultCredentialsProvider.builder();
+    if (!StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(awsProfileName)) {
+      builder.profileName(awsProfileName);
+    }
+    return builder.build();
   }
 }
diff --git a/wrapper/src/test/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManagerTest.java b/wrapper/src/test/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManagerTest.java
index e2dfbd101..6028f5706 100644
--- a/wrapper/src/test/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManagerTest.java
+++ b/wrapper/src/test/java/software/amazon/jdbc/authentication/AwsCredentialsManagerTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ public void testAwsCredentialsManager() {
   @Test
   public void testNullProvider() {
     AwsCredentialsManager.setCustomHandler(((hostSpec, props) -> null));
-    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
-        () -> AwsCredentialsManager.getProvider(mockHostSpec, mockProps));
+    assertTrue(AwsCredentialsManager.getProvider(mockHostSpec, mockProps) instanceof DefaultCredentialsProvider);
   }
 }