diff --git a/changelog/21951.txt b/changelog/21951.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d53c0f18e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/21951.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+```release-note:bug
+awsutil: Update awsutil to v0.2.3 to fix a regression where Vault no longer
+respects `AWS_ROLE_ARN`, `AWS_WEB_IDENTITY_TOKEN_FILE`, and `AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME`.
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fbae841c7..afdfbcc1d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-raftchunking v0.6.3-0.20191002164813-7e9e8525653a
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2
-	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.2
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/base62 v0.1.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/gatedwriter v0.1.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/kv-builder v0.1.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 70acac9b9..0642b5f55 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1767,8 +1767,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.2/go.mod h1:Jy/gPYAdjqffZ/yFGCFV2doI5
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.0/go.mod h1:K6zTfqpRlCUIjkwsN4Z+hiSfzSTQa6eBIzfwKfwNnHU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2 h1:jzhAVGtqPKbwpyCPELlgNWhE1znq+qwJtW5Oi2viEzc=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-rootcerts v1.0.2/go.mod h1:pqUvnprVnM5bf7AOirdbb01K4ccR319Vf4pU3K5EGc8=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.2 h1:kWg2vyKl7BRXrNxYziqDJ55n+vtOQ1QsGORjzoeB+uM=
-github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.2/go.mod h1:oKHSQs4ivIfZ3fbXGQOop1XuDfdSb8RIsWTGaAanSfg=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.3 h1:AAQ6Vmo/ncfrZYtbpjhO+g0Qt+iNpYtl3UWT1NLmbYY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/awsutil v0.2.3/go.mod h1:oKHSQs4ivIfZ3fbXGQOop1XuDfdSb8RIsWTGaAanSfg=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/base62 v0.1.1/go.mod h1:EdWO6czbmthiwZ3/PUsDV+UD1D5IRU4ActiaWGwt0Yw=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/base62 v0.1.2 h1:ET4pqyjiGmY09R5y+rSd70J2w45CtbWDNvGqWp/R3Ng=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-secure-stdlib/base62 v0.1.2/go.mod h1:EdWO6czbmthiwZ3/PUsDV+UD1D5IRU4ActiaWGwt0Yw=