diff --git a/canned/dynamodb.go b/canned/dynamodb.go
index 7b8d9ad..9b7c222 100644
--- a/canned/dynamodb.go
+++ b/canned/dynamodb.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewDynamoDB(ctx context.Context) (*DynamoDB, error) {
 
 	host, _ := container.Host(ctx)
 	port, _ := container.MappedPort(ctx, "8000")
-	accessKey, secretKey, region := "awsaccesskey", "awssecretkey", "ap-southeast-1"
+	accessKey, secretKey, region := getAWSConfig()
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port.Port())
 
 	dynamoClient, err := newDynamoClient(endpoint, accessKey, secretKey, region)
diff --git a/canned/localstack.go b/canned/localstack.go
index 0692639..0111840 100644
--- a/canned/localstack.go
+++ b/canned/localstack.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func NewLocalstack(ctx context.Context) (*Localstack, error) {
 
 	host, _ := container.Host(ctx)
 	port, _ := container.MappedPort(ctx, "4566")
-	accessKey, secretKey, region := "awsaccesskey", "awssecretkey", "ap-southeast-1"
+	accessKey, secretKey, region := getAWSConfig()
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port.Port())
 
 	awsSession, err := newAWSSession(accessKey, secretKey, endpoint, region)
diff --git a/canned/minio.go b/canned/minio.go
index 14b41eb..8681020 100644
--- a/canned/minio.go
+++ b/canned/minio.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Minio struct {
 
 func NewMinio(ctx context.Context) (*Minio, error) {
 	os.Setenv("TC_HOST", "localhost")
-	accessKey, secretKey, region := "awsaccesskey", "awssecretkey", "ap-southeast-1"
+	accessKey, secretKey, region := getAWSConfig()
 
 	req := testcontainers.ContainerRequest{
 		Image:        getEnvString("MINIO_CONTAINER_IMAGE", "minio/minio:RELEASE.2023-05-18T00-05-36Z"),
diff --git a/canned/sqs.go b/canned/sqs.go
index 3d768d5..19101ea 100644
--- a/canned/sqs.go
+++ b/canned/sqs.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func NewSQS(ctx context.Context) (*SQS, error) {
 
 	host, _ := container.Host(ctx)
 	port, _ := container.MappedPort(ctx, "9324")
-	accessKey, secretKey, region := "awsaccesskey", "awssecretkey", "ap-southeast-1"
+	accessKey, secretKey, region := getAWSConfig()
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port.Port())
 
 	sqsClient, err := newSQSClient(endpoint, accessKey, secretKey, region)
diff --git a/canned/util.go b/canned/util.go
index b093d8b..642b7e4 100644
--- a/canned/util.go
+++ b/canned/util.go
@@ -25,6 +25,14 @@ func getEnvString(variable string, defaultValue string) string {
 	return val
 }
 
+func getAWSConfig() (string, string, string) {
+	accessKey := getEnvString("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "awsaccesskey")
+	secretKey := getEnvString("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "awssecretkey")
+	region := getEnvString("AWS_REGION", "ap-southeast-1")
+
+	return accessKey, secretKey, region
+}
+
 func getBasicAuth() string {
 	username := os.Getenv("CONTAINER_REGISTRY_USERNAME")
 	password := os.Getenv("CONTAINER_REGISTRY_PASSWORD")