diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/package.json b/packages/middleware-retry/package.json
index ff66434d1d8a..55c46070a944 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/package.json
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/protocol-http": "1.0.0-gamma.1",
+    "@aws-sdk/retry-config-provider": "1.0.0-gamma.0",
     "@aws-sdk/service-error-classification": "1.0.0-gamma.1",
     "@aws-sdk/types": "1.0.0-gamma.1",
     "react-native-get-random-values": "^1.4.0",
diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
index 7c2207a6237a..7c880b1c4fb4 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.spec.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { StandardRetryStrategy, RetryQuota } from "./defaultStrategy";
 import { getDefaultRetryQuota } from "./defaultRetryQuota";
 import { HttpRequest } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS } from "@aws-sdk/retry-config-provider";
 
 jest.mock("@aws-sdk/service-error-classification", () => ({
   isThrottlingError: jest.fn().mockReturnValue(true)
@@ -616,15 +617,14 @@ describe("defaultStrategy", () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe("defaults maxAttempts to 3", () => {
+  describe("defaults maxAttempts to DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS", () => {
     it("when maxAttemptsProvider throws error", async () => {
-      const maxAttempts = 3;
       const { isInstance } = HttpRequest;
       ((isInstance as unknown) as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(true);
 
       next = jest.fn(args => {
         expect(args.request.headers["amz-sdk-request"]).toBe(
-          `attempt=1; max=${maxAttempts}`
+          `attempt=1; max=${DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS}`
         );
         return Promise.resolve({
           response: "mockResponse",
@@ -642,13 +642,12 @@ describe("defaultStrategy", () => {
     });
 
     it("when parseInt fails on maxAttemptsProvider", async () => {
-      const maxAttempts = 3;
       const { isInstance } = HttpRequest;
       ((isInstance as unknown) as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(true);
 
       next = jest.fn(args => {
         expect(args.request.headers["amz-sdk-request"]).toBe(
-          `attempt=1; max=${maxAttempts}`
+          `attempt=1; max=${DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS}`
         );
         return Promise.resolve({
           response: "mockResponse",
diff --git a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
index e2ace45a4dc7..7ed7d276147e 100644
--- a/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
+++ b/packages/middleware-retry/src/defaultStrategy.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import { getDefaultRetryQuota } from "./defaultRetryQuota";
 import { HttpRequest } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
+import { DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS } from "@aws-sdk/retry-config-provider";
 
 /**
  * Determines whether an error is retryable based on the number of retries
@@ -92,14 +93,16 @@ export class StandardRetryStrategy implements RetryStrategy {
   }
 
   private async getMaxAttempts() {
-    let maxAttemptsStr;
+    let maxAttemptsStr: string;
     try {
       maxAttemptsStr = await this.maxAttemptsProvider();
     } catch (error) {
-      maxAttemptsStr = "3";
+      maxAttemptsStr = DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS;
     }
     const maxAttempts = parseInt(maxAttemptsStr);
-    return Number.isNaN(maxAttempts) ? 3 : maxAttempts;
+    return Number.isNaN(maxAttempts)
+      ? parseInt(DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS)
+      : maxAttempts;
   }
 
   async retry<Input extends object, Ouput extends MetadataBearer>(
diff --git a/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.spec.ts b/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.spec.ts
index e882ed462fa9..41a96c9283b2 100644
--- a/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.spec.ts
@@ -3,28 +3,21 @@ import {
   fromSharedConfigFiles,
   SharedConfigInit
 } from "./fromSharedConfigFiles";
-import { chain, memoize } from "@aws-sdk/property-provider";
+import { chain, memoize, fromStatic } from "@aws-sdk/property-provider";
 import {
   maxAttemptsProvider,
   ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
   CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+  DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
   retryModeProvider,
   ENV_RETRY_MODE,
-  CONFIG_RETRY_MODE
+  CONFIG_RETRY_MODE,
+  DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE
 } from "./defaultProvider";
 
-jest.mock("./fromEnv", () => ({
-  fromEnv: jest.fn()
-}));
-
-jest.mock("./fromSharedConfigFiles", () => ({
-  fromSharedConfigFiles: jest.fn()
-}));
-
-jest.mock("@aws-sdk/property-provider", () => ({
-  chain: jest.fn(),
-  memoize: jest.fn()
-}));
+jest.mock("./fromEnv");
+jest.mock("./fromSharedConfigFiles");
+jest.mock("@aws-sdk/property-provider");
 
 describe("defaultProvider", () => {
   const configuration: SharedConfigInit = {
@@ -38,9 +31,10 @@ describe("defaultProvider", () => {
   const testProvider = (
     providerFunc: Function,
     envVarName: string,
-    configKey: string
+    configKey: string,
+    defaultValue: string
   ) => {
-    it("passes fromEnv() and fromSharedConfigFiles() to chain", () => {
+    it("passes fromEnv(), fromSharedConfigFiles() and fromStatic() to chain", () => {
       const mockFromEnvReturn = "mockFromEnvReturn";
       (fromEnv as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(mockFromEnvReturn);
 
@@ -49,6 +43,9 @@ describe("defaultProvider", () => {
         mockFromSharedConfigFilesReturn
       );
 
+      const mockFromStatic = "mockFromStatic";
+      (fromStatic as jest.Mock).mockReturnValueOnce(mockFromStatic);
+
       providerFunc(configuration);
 
       expect(fromEnv).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
@@ -58,11 +55,14 @@ describe("defaultProvider", () => {
         configuration,
         configKey
       );
+      expect(fromStatic).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(fromStatic).toHaveBeenCalledWith(defaultValue);
 
       expect(chain).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
       expect(chain).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         mockFromEnvReturn,
-        mockFromSharedConfigFilesReturn
+        mockFromSharedConfigFilesReturn,
+        mockFromStatic
       );
     });
 
@@ -86,10 +86,20 @@ describe("defaultProvider", () => {
   };
 
   describe("maxAttemptsProvider", () => {
-    testProvider(maxAttemptsProvider, ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS, CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+    testProvider(
+      maxAttemptsProvider,
+      ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+      CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+      DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS
+    );
   });
 
   describe("retryModeProvider", () => {
-    testProvider(retryModeProvider, ENV_RETRY_MODE, CONFIG_RETRY_MODE);
+    testProvider(
+      retryModeProvider,
+      ENV_RETRY_MODE,
+      CONFIG_RETRY_MODE,
+      DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.ts b/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.ts
index 8bb6370374fd..6597494db6b8 100644
--- a/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.ts
+++ b/packages/retry-config-provider/src/defaultProvider.ts
@@ -3,30 +3,51 @@ import {
   SharedConfigInit,
   fromSharedConfigFiles
 } from "./fromSharedConfigFiles";
-import { chain, memoize } from "@aws-sdk/property-provider";
+import { chain, memoize, fromStatic } from "@aws-sdk/property-provider";
 import { Provider } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 
 export const ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS = "AWS_MAX_ATTEMPTS";
 export const CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS = "max_attempts";
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS = "3";
 
 export const ENV_RETRY_MODE = "AWS_RETRY_MODE";
 export const CONFIG_RETRY_MODE = "retry_mode";
+export const DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE = "standard";
 
 const defaultProvider = (
   configuration: SharedConfigInit = {},
-  envVarName: string,
-  configKey: string
+  {
+    envVarName,
+    configKey,
+    defaultValue
+  }: {
+    envVarName: string;
+    configKey: string;
+    defaultValue: string;
+  }
 ): Provider<string> =>
   memoize(
-    chain(fromEnv(envVarName), fromSharedConfigFiles(configuration, configKey))
+    chain(
+      fromEnv(envVarName),
+      fromSharedConfigFiles(configuration, configKey),
+      fromStatic(defaultValue)
+    )
   );
 
 export const maxAttemptsProvider = (
   configuration: SharedConfigInit = {}
 ): Provider<string> =>
-  defaultProvider(configuration, ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS, CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS);
+  defaultProvider(configuration, {
+    envVarName: ENV_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+    configKey: CONFIG_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
+    defaultValue: DEFAULT_MAX_ATTEMPTS
+  });
 
 export const retryModeProvider = (
   configuration: SharedConfigInit = {}
 ): Provider<string> =>
-  defaultProvider(configuration, ENV_RETRY_MODE, CONFIG_RETRY_MODE);
+  defaultProvider(configuration, {
+    envVarName: ENV_RETRY_MODE,
+    configKey: CONFIG_RETRY_MODE,
+    defaultValue: DEFAULT_RETRY_MODE
+  });