diff --git a/pkg/common/http.go b/pkg/common/http.go
index 782ac1747c7b..f040f682232a 100644
--- a/pkg/common/http.go
+++ b/pkg/common/http.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type CustomTransport struct {
 	T http.RoundTripper
 }
 
-func userAgent() string {
+func UserAgent() string {
 	if len(feature.UserAgentSuffix.Load()) > 0 {
 		return "TruffleHog " + feature.UserAgentSuffix.Load()
 	}
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func userAgent() string {
 }
 
 func (t *CustomTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", userAgent())
+	req.Header.Add("User-Agent", UserAgent())
 	return t.T.RoundTrip(req)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey.go b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey.go
index cd92fc0ed94e..1e2e830c2278 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey.go
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ package access_keys
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/middleware"
+	awshttp "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/transport/http"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts"
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type scanner struct {
-	verificationClient *http.Client
+	verificationClient config.HTTPClient
 	skipIDs            map[string]struct{}
 	detectors.DefaultMultiPartCredentialProvider
 }
@@ -54,7 +58,6 @@ var _ interface {
 } = (*scanner)(nil)
 
 var (
-	defaultVerificationClient = common.SaneHttpClient()
 
 	// Make sure that your group is surrounded in boundary characters such as below to reduce false positives.
 	// Key types are from this list https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_identifiers.html#identifiers-unique-ids
@@ -71,9 +74,28 @@ func (s scanner) Keywords() []string {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s scanner) getClient() *http.Client {
+// The recommended way by AWS is to use the SDK's http client.
+// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-go/v2/developer-guide/configure-http.html
+// Note: Using default http.Client causes SignatureInvalid error in response. therefore, based on http default client implementation, we are using the same configuration.
+func getDefaultBuildableClient() *awshttp.BuildableClient {
+	return awshttp.NewBuildableClient().
+		WithTimeout(common.DefaultResponseTimeout).
+		WithDialerOptions(func(dialer *net.Dialer) {
+			dialer.Timeout = 2 * time.Second
+			dialer.KeepAlive = 5 * time.Second
+		}).
+		WithTransportOptions(func(tr *http.Transport) {
+			tr.Proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment
+			tr.MaxIdleConns = 5
+			tr.IdleConnTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+			tr.TLSHandshakeTimeout = 3 * time.Second
+			tr.ExpectContinueTimeout = 1 * time.Second
+		})
+}
+
+func (s scanner) getAWSBuilableClient() config.HTTPClient {
 	if s.verificationClient == nil {
-		s.verificationClient = defaultVerificationClient
+		s.verificationClient = getDefaultBuildableClient()
 	}
 	return s.verificationClient
 }
@@ -208,7 +230,7 @@ func (s scanner) verifyMatch(ctx context.Context, resIDMatch, resSecretMatch str
 	// Prep AWS Creds for STS
 	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(ctx,
 		config.WithRegion(region),
-		config.WithHTTPClient(s.getClient()),
+		config.WithHTTPClient(s.getAWSBuilableClient()),
 		config.WithCredentialsProvider(
 			credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider(resIDMatch, resSecretMatch, ""),
 		),
@@ -217,7 +239,9 @@ func (s scanner) verifyMatch(ctx context.Context, resIDMatch, resSecretMatch str
 		return false, nil, err
 	}
 	// Create STS client
-	stsClient := sts.NewFromConfig(cfg)
+	stsClient := sts.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *sts.Options) {
+		o.APIOptions = append(o.APIOptions, middleware.AddUserAgentKeyValue("User-Agent", common.UserAgent()))
+	})
 
 	// Make the GetCallerIdentity API call
 	resp, err := stsClient.GetCallerIdentity(ctx, &sts.GetCallerIdentityInput{})
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey_integration_test.go b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey_integration_test.go
index a2acaf5a2f18..ef01ddad9a6e 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/accesskey_integration_test.go
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ package access_keys
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
+	"sort"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/brianvoe/gofakeit/v7"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -95,9 +96,8 @@ func TestAWS_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	id := testSecrets.MustGetField("AWS_ID")
 	inactiveSecret := testSecrets.MustGetField("AWS_INACTIVE")
 	inactiveID := id[:len(id)-3] + "XYZ"
-	hasher := sha256.New()
-	hasher.Write([]byte(inactiveSecret))
-	hash := string(hasher.Sum(nil))
+
+	hash := gofakeit.Password(true, true, true, false, false, 10)
 
 	type args struct {
 		ctx    context.Context
@@ -233,15 +233,6 @@ func TestAWS_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 						"user_id":        "AIDAZAVB57H5V3Q4ACRGM",
 					},
 				},
-				{
-					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_AWS,
-					Verified:     false,
-					Redacted:     inactiveID,
-					ExtraData: map[string]string{
-						"account":       "619888638459",
-						"resource_type": "Access key",
-					},
-				},
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
@@ -387,6 +378,15 @@ func TestAWS_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 				verify: true,
 			},
 			want: []detectors.Result{
+				{
+					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_AWS,
+					Verified:     false,
+					Redacted:     "AKIAZAVB57H55F3T4BKH",
+					ExtraData: map[string]string{
+						"resource_type": "Access key",
+						"account":       "619888638459",
+					},
+				},
 				{
 					DetectorType: detectorspb.DetectorType_AWS,
 					Verified:     true,
@@ -425,6 +425,8 @@ func TestAWS_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 					return x.Redacted < y.Redacted
 				}),
 			}
+
+			sortResults(tt.want)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(got, tt.want, ignoreOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("AWS.FromData() %s diff: (-got +want)\n%s", tt.name, diff)
 			}
@@ -432,6 +434,13 @@ func TestAWS_FromChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Helper function to sort results due to the order of the redacted
+func sortResults(results []detectors.Result) {
+	sort.SliceStable(results, func(i, j int) bool {
+		return results[i].Redacted < results[j].Redacted
+	})
+}
+
 func BenchmarkFromData(benchmark *testing.B) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	s := scanner{}
diff --git a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/canary.go b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/canary.go
index 652340fa36d2..d94225a4eced 100644
--- a/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/canary.go
+++ b/pkg/detectors/aws/access_keys/canary.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/middleware"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sns"
+	"github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/v3/pkg/common"
 )
 
 const thinkstMessage = "This is an AWS canary token generated at canarytokens.org, and was not set off; learn more here: https://trufflesecurity.com/canaries"
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ func (s scanner) verifyCanary(ctx context.Context, resIDMatch, resSecretMatch st
 	// Prep AWS Creds for SNS
 	cfg, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(ctx,
 		config.WithRegion(region),
-		config.WithHTTPClient(s.getClient()),
+		config.WithHTTPClient(s.getAWSBuilableClient()),
 		config.WithCredentialsProvider(
 			credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider(resIDMatch, resSecretMatch, ""),
 		),
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ func (s scanner) verifyCanary(ctx context.Context, resIDMatch, resSecretMatch st
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, "", err
 	}
-	svc := sns.NewFromConfig(cfg)
+	svc := sns.NewFromConfig(cfg, func(o *sns.Options) {
+		o.APIOptions = append(o.APIOptions, middleware.AddUserAgentKeyValue("User-Agent", common.UserAgent()))
+	})
 
 	// Prep vars and Publish to SNS
 	_, err = svc.Publish(ctx, &sns.PublishInput{