diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 8cd9bdfb..6fd4dfa9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+# 6.2.10 (2024-01-08)
+
+* remove default Endpoint URL in AWS S3 Client for STAC Reader
+
 # 6.2.9 (2023-12-21)
 
 * fix AWS endpoint credential for STAC `fetch` function, using same defaults as GDAL vsis3 configuration
diff --git a/rio_tiler/io/stac.py b/rio_tiler/io/stac.py
index 5a6d8f72..1cc28c8d 100644
--- a/rio_tiler/io/stac.py
+++ b/rio_tiler/io/stac.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def aws_get_object(
 
         # AWS_S3_ENDPOINT and AWS_HTTPS are GDAL config options of vsis3 driver
         # https://gdal.org/user/virtual_file_systems.html#vsis3-aws-s3-files
-        endpoint_url = os.environ.get("AWS_S3_ENDPOINT", "s3.amazonaws.com")
+        endpoint_url = os.environ.get("AWS_S3_ENDPOINT", None)
         if endpoint_url:
             use_https = os.environ.get("AWS_HTTPS", "YES")
             if use_https.upper() in ["YES", "TRUE", "ON"]: