diff --git a/clients/client-sts/defaultRoleAssumers.spec.ts b/clients/client-sts/defaultRoleAssumers.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..328e465283cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clients/client-sts/defaultRoleAssumers.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { HttpResponse } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+const assumeRoleResponse = `<AssumeRoleResponse xmlns="https://sts.amazonaws.com/doc/2011-06-15/">
+<AssumeRoleResult>
+  <AssumedRoleUser>
+    <AssumedRoleId>AROAZOX2IL27GNRBJHWC2:session</AssumedRoleId>
+    <Arn>arn:aws:sts::123:assumed-role/assume-role-test/session</Arn>
+  </AssumedRoleUser>
+  <Credentials>
+    <AccessKeyId>key</AccessKeyId>
+    <SecretAccessKey>secrete</SecretAccessKey>
+    <SessionToken>session-token</SessionToken>
+    <Expiration>2021-05-05T23:22:08Z</Expiration>
+  </Credentials>
+</AssumeRoleResult>
+<ResponseMetadata>
+  <RequestId>12345678id</RequestId>
+</ResponseMetadata>
+</AssumeRoleResponse>`;
+const mockHandle = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+  response: new HttpResponse({
+    statusCode: 200,
+    body: Readable.from([""]),
+  }),
+});
+jest.mock("@aws-sdk/node-http-handler", () => ({
+  NodeHttpHandler: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => ({
+    destroy: () => {},
+    handle: mockHandle,
+  })),
+  streamCollector: async () => Buffer.from(assumeRoleResponse),
+}));
+
+import { getDefaultRoleAssumer } from "./defaultRoleAssumers";
+import type { AssumeRoleCommandInput } from "./commands/AssumeRoleCommand";
+
+describe("getDefaultRoleAssumer", () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+  });
+  it("should use supplied source credentials", async () => {
+    const roleAssumer = getDefaultRoleAssumer();
+    const params: AssumeRoleCommandInput = {
+      RoleArn: "arn:aws:foo",
+      RoleSessionName: "session",
+    };
+    const sourceCred1 = { accessKeyId: "key1", secretAccessKey: "secrete1" };
+    await roleAssumer(sourceCred1, params);
+    expect(mockHandle).toBeCalledTimes(1);
+    // Validate request is signed by sourceCred1
+    expect(mockHandle.mock.calls[0][0].headers?.authorization).toEqual(
+      expect.stringContaining("AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=key1/")
+    );
+    const sourceCred2 = { accessKeyId: "key2", secretAccessKey: "secrete1" };
+    await roleAssumer(sourceCred2, params);
+    // Validate request is signed by sourceCred2
+    expect(mockHandle).toBeCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(mockHandle.mock.calls[1][0].headers?.authorization).toEqual(
+      expect.stringContaining("AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=key2/")
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/clients/client-sts/defaultStsRoleAssumers.ts b/clients/client-sts/defaultStsRoleAssumers.ts
index a29b41b6cd0b..638ef7a9d9b7 100644
--- a/clients/client-sts/defaultStsRoleAssumers.ts
+++ b/clients/client-sts/defaultStsRoleAssumers.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ export const getDefaultRoleAssumer = (
   stsClientCtor: new (options: STSClientConfig) => STSClient
 ): RoleAssumer => {
   let stsClient: STSClient;
+  let closureSourceCreds: Credentials;
   return async (sourceCreds, params) => {
+    closureSourceCreds = sourceCreds;
     if (!stsClient) {
       const { logger, region } = stsOptions;
       stsClient = new stsClientCtor({
         logger,
-        credentials: sourceCreds,
+        // A hack to make sts client uses the credential in current closure.
+        credentialDefaultProvider: () => async () => closureSourceCreds,
         region: decorateDefaultRegion(region),
       });
     }
diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-node/src/index.ts b/packages/credential-provider-node/src/index.ts
index 6486db93b508..3c123ffd0ccb 100644
--- a/packages/credential-provider-node/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-node/src/index.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ export const defaultProvider = (
 ): CredentialProvider => {
   const options = { profile: process.env[ENV_PROFILE], ...init };
   if (!options.loadedConfig) options.loadedConfig = loadSharedConfigFiles(init);
-  const providers = [fromSSO(options), fromIni(options), fromProcess(options), fromTokenFile(options), remoteProvider(options)];
+  const providers = [
+    fromSSO(options),
+    fromIni(options),
+    fromProcess(options),
+    fromTokenFile(options),
+    remoteProvider(options),
+  ];
   if (!options.profile) providers.unshift(fromEnv());
   const providerChain = chain(...providers);