diff --git a/migrator/src/main/scala/com/scylladb/migrator/DynamoUtils.scala b/migrator/src/main/scala/com/scylladb/migrator/DynamoUtils.scala
index 1fd259a4..41eea5d5 100644
--- a/migrator/src/main/scala/com/scylladb/migrator/DynamoUtils.scala
+++ b/migrator/src/main/scala/com/scylladb/migrator/DynamoUtils.scala
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ object DynamoUtils {
       jobConf.set(DynamoDBConstants.DYNAMODB_ACCESS_KEY_CONF, credentials.accessKey)
       jobConf.set(DynamoDBConstants.DYNAMODB_SECRET_KEY_CONF, credentials.secretKey)
     }
+    jobConf.set(
+      DynamoDBConstants.CUSTOM_CREDENTIALS_PROVIDER_CONF,
+      "com.amazonaws.auth.profile.ProfileCredentialsProvider")
     jobConf.set(
       "mapred.output.format.class",
       "org.apache.hadoop.dynamodb.write.DynamoDBOutputFormat")