diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f24f47f..e9c5c12 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [0.2.4] - 2024-04-25
+
+- Support the use of AWS Named Profiles for authentication
+
 ## [0.2.3] - 2024-01-12
 
 - Fix A121 Labs bug for maxTokens parameter
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bb35f76..55bbe9d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    ruby-amazon-bedrock (0.2.3)
+    ruby-amazon-bedrock (0.2.4)
       aws-sdk-bedrockruntime (~> 1.0)
       aws-sdk-s3 (~> 1.0)
 
@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   webmock (~> 3.12)
 
 BUNDLED WITH
-   2.4.22
+   2.4.14
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b7225da..d9107b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,10 +63,33 @@ client = RubyAmazonBedrock::Client.new(
 )
 ```
 
+### AWS Named Profiles
+
+You can also use [AWS Named Profiles](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html#cli-configure-files-format-profile):
+
+```ruby
+client = RubyAmazonBedrock::Client.new(
+  profile: 'dev' 
+)
+```
+
+This will default to the value of the `$AWS_PROFILE` environment variable and will take precidence over key/token keys.  If for some reason you have `$AWS_PROFILE` defined in your environment _and you do not want to use it_ then you can disable by passing an empty string and specifying your region/key/secret as usual:
+
+```ruby
+client = RubyAmazonBedrock::Client.new(
+  profile: "",            # Disable named profile
+  region: "AWS_REGION",
+  access_key_id: "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID",
+  access_token: "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"
+)
+```
+
 ## With Configuration
 
 ```ruby
 RubyAmazonBedrock.configure do |config|
+  # You don't need to specify these lines to default to the environment variables, these lines are provided for illustrative purposes only
+  config.profile = ENV.fetch('AWS_PROFILE', nil)
   config.region = ENV.fetch('AWS_REGION', nil)
   config.access_key_id = ENV.fetch('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', nil)
   config.secret_access_key = ENV.fetch('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', nil)
diff --git a/lib/amazon_bedrock.rb b/lib/amazon_bedrock.rb
index 2b4128a..978f2e2 100644
--- a/lib/amazon_bedrock.rb
+++ b/lib/amazon_bedrock.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Error < StandardError; end
 
   # Configuration class for setting up AWS credentials and region.
   class Configuration
-    attr_accessor :region, :access_key_id, :secret_access_key
+    attr_accessor :region, :access_key_id, :secret_access_key, :profile
 
     # Initializes a new Configuration instance, loading values from
     # environment variables or setting them to nil by default so the
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def initialize
       @region = ENV.fetch('AWS_REGION', nil)
       @access_key_id = ENV.fetch('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID', nil)
       @secret_access_key = ENV.fetch('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY', nil)
+      @profile = ENV.fetch('AWS_PROFILE', nil)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/amazon_bedrock/version.rb b/lib/amazon_bedrock/version.rb
index 265923b..6ab57db 100644
--- a/lib/amazon_bedrock/version.rb
+++ b/lib/amazon_bedrock/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module RubyAmazonBedrock
-  VERSION = "0.2.3"
+  VERSION = "0.2.4"
 end
diff --git a/lib/bedrock_runtime/client.rb b/lib/bedrock_runtime/client.rb
index 0d4f0e2..309e3b8 100644
--- a/lib/bedrock_runtime/client.rb
+++ b/lib/bedrock_runtime/client.rb
@@ -14,14 +14,21 @@ class Client
     # Initializes the AWS BedrockRuntime client.
     #
     # @note The AWS credentials and region are fetched from the environment variables.
-    def initialize(region: nil, access_key_id: nil, secret_access_key: nil)
+    def initialize(region: nil, access_key_id: nil, secret_access_key: nil, profile: nil)
       config = RubyAmazonBedrock.configuration || RubyAmazonBedrock::Configuration.new
 
-      @client = Aws::BedrockRuntime::Client.new(
-        region: region || config.region,
-        access_key_id: access_key_id || config.access_key_id,
-        secret_access_key: secret_access_key || config.secret_access_key
-      )
+      profile ||= config.profile
+      if profile.present?
+        @client = Aws::BedrockRuntime::Client.new(
+          profile: profile
+        )
+      else
+        @client = Aws::BedrockRuntime::Client.new(
+          region: region || config.region,
+          access_key_id: access_key_id || config.access_key_id,
+          secret_access_key: secret_access_key || config.secret_access_key
+        )
+      end
     end
 
     # Invokes a model using the Bedrock Runtime client.