diff --git a/x/awsapi/awsapi.go b/x/awsapi/awsapi.go
index 4d0863b..287a476 100644
--- a/x/awsapi/awsapi.go
+++ b/x/awsapi/awsapi.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package awsapi
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"io"
@@ -18,20 +19,51 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	v4 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws/signer/v4"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials/stscreds"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts"
 	"github.com/fogfish/gurl/v2/http"
 )
 
 // Configure HTTP Stack to use AWS Sign V4
-func WithSignatureV4(config aws.Config) http.Config {
+func WithSignatureV4(conf aws.Config) http.Config {
 	return func(p *http.Protocol) {
 		p.Socket = &signer{
-			config: config,
+			config: conf,
 			signer: v4.NewSigner(),
 			socket: p.Socket,
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// Configure HTTP Stack to use AWS Sign V4 using assumed role
+func WithAssumedRole(conf aws.Config, role, externalID string) http.Config {
+	if role == "" && externalID == "" {
+		return WithSignatureV4(conf)
+	}
+
+	return func(p *http.Protocol) {
+		assumed, err := config.LoadDefaultConfig(context.Background(),
+			config.WithCredentialsProvider(
+				aws.NewCredentialsCache(
+					stscreds.NewAssumeRoleProvider(sts.NewFromConfig(conf), role,
+						func(aro *stscreds.AssumeRoleOptions) {
+							if externalID != "" {
+								aro.ExternalID = aws.String(externalID)
+							}
+						},
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		WithSignatureV4(assumed)(p)
+	}
+}
+
 type signer struct {
 	config aws.Config
 	signer *v4.Signer
diff --git a/x/awsapi/go.mod b/x/awsapi/go.mod
index 895b246..1c24833 100644
--- a/x/awsapi/go.mod
+++ b/x/awsapi/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,23 @@ module github.com/fogfish/gurl/x/awsapi
 go 1.21.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.5
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.33
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.32
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.30.7
 	github.com/fogfish/gurl/v2 v2.8.3
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/ajg/form v1.5.2-0.20200323032839-9aeb3cf462e1 // indirect
-	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.16.13 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.17 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.17 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.11.4 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.11.19 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sso v1.22.7 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.26.7 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/x/awsapi/go.sum b/x/awsapi/go.sum
index 29205a4..8fa9273 100644
--- a/x/awsapi/go.sum
+++ b/x/awsapi/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,31 @@
 github.com/ajg/form v1.5.2-0.20200323032839-9aeb3cf462e1 h1:8Qzi+0Uch1VJvdrOhJ8U8FqoPLbUdETPgMqGJ6DSMSQ=
 github.com/ajg/form v1.5.2-0.20200323032839-9aeb3cf462e1/go.mod h1:uL1WgH+h2mgNtvBq0339dVnzXdBETtL2LeUXaIv25UY=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3 h1:xYiLpZTQs1mzvz5PaI6uR0Wh57ippuEthxS4iK5v0n0=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.25.3/go.mod h1:35hUlJVYd+M++iLI3ALmVwMOyRYMmRqUXpTtRGW+K9I=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1 h1:4SZlSlMr36UEqC7XOyRVb27XMeZubNcBNN+9IgEPIQw=
-github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.1/go.mod h1:krry+ya/rV9RDcV/Q16kpu6ypI4K2czasz0NC3qS14E=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.5 h1:mWSRTwQAb0aLE17dSzztCVJWI9+cRMgqebndjwDyK0g=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.5/go.mod h1:CT+ZPWXbYrci8chcARI3OmI/qgd+f6WtuLOoaIA8PR0=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.33 h1:Nof9o/MsmH4oa0s2q9a0k7tMz5x/Yj5k06lDODWz3BU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.33/go.mod h1:kEqdYzRb8dd8Sy2pOdEbExTTF5v7ozEXX0McgPE7xks=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.32 h1:7Cxhp/BnT2RcGy4VisJ9miUPecY+lyE9I8JvcZofn9I=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.32/go.mod h1:P5/QMF3/DCHbXGEGkdbilXHsyTBX5D3HSwcrSc9p20I=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.16.13 h1:pfQ2sqNpMVK6xz2RbqLEL0GH87JOwSxPV2rzm8Zsb74=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds v1.16.13/go.mod h1:NG7RXPUlqfsCLLFfi0+IpKN4sCB9D9fw/qTaSB+xRoU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.17 h1:pI7Bzt0BJtYA0N/JEC6B8fJ4RBrEMi1LBrkMdFYNSnQ=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.17/go.mod h1:Dh5zzJYMtxfIjYW+/evjQ8uj2OyR/ve2KROHGHlSFqE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.17 h1:Mqr/V5gvrhA2gvgnF42Zh5iMiQNcOYthFYwCyrnuWlc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.17/go.mod h1:aLJpZlCmjE+V+KtN1q1uyZkfnUWpQGpbsn89XPKyzfU=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.1 h1:VaRN3TlFdd6KxX1x3ILT5ynH6HvKgqdiXoTxAF4HQcQ=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/ini v1.8.1/go.mod h1:FbtygfRFze9usAadmnGJNc8KsP346kEe+y2/oyhGAGc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.11.4 h1:KypMCbLPPHEmf9DgMGw51jMj77VfGPAN2Kv4cfhlfgI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/accept-encoding v1.11.4/go.mod h1:Vz1JQXliGcQktFTN/LN6uGppAIRoLBR2bMvIMP0gOjc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.11.19 h1:rfprUlsdzgl7ZL2KlXiUAoJnI/VxfHCvDFr2QDFj6u4=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/internal/presigned-url v1.11.19/go.mod h1:SCWkEdRq8/7EK60NcvvQ6NXKuTcchAD4ROAsC37VEZE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sso v1.22.7 h1:pIaGg+08llrP7Q5aiz9ICWbY8cqhTkyy+0SHvfzQpTc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sso v1.22.7/go.mod h1:eEygMHnTKH/3kNp9Jr1n3PdejuSNcgwLe1dWgQtO0VQ=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.26.7 h1:/Cfdu0XV3mONYKaOt1Gr0k1KvQzkzPyiKUdlWJqy+J4=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ssooidc v1.26.7/go.mod h1:bCbAxKDqNvkHxRaIMnyVPXPo+OaPRwvmgzMxbz1VKSA=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.30.7 h1:NKTa1eqZYw8tiHSRGpP0VtTdub/8KNk8sDkNPFaOKDE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts v1.30.7/go.mod h1:NXi1dIAGteSaRLqYgarlhP/Ij0cFT+qmCwiJqWh/U5o=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4 h1:2HK1zBdPgRbjFOHlfeQZfpC4r72MOb9bZkiFwggKO+4=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.4/go.mod h1:irrKGvNn1InZwb2d7fkIRNucdfwR8R+Ts3wxYa/cJHg=
 github.com/fogfish/gurl/v2 v2.8.3 h1:CH8dOHz+lMPg3M0/S5bWk5z3RD9FG4L8+uQMEv36ibU=
 github.com/fogfish/gurl/v2 v2.8.3/go.mod h1:VDPaGeyMSZsbFByZXwKZuwKgOC1mOQNlOYhM4RgOVWQ=
 github.com/fogfish/it/v2 v2.0.1 h1:vu3kV2xzYDPHoMHMABxXeu5CoMcTfRc4gkWkzOUkRJY=
diff --git a/x/awsapi/version.go b/x/awsapi/version.go
index 45364bb..5b021d8 100644
--- a/x/awsapi/version.go
+++ b/x/awsapi/version.go
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 package awsapi
 
-const Version = "x/awsapi/v0.0.3"
+const Version = "x/awsapi/v0.0.4"