diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
index bb0682a7..27923b64 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_aws.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ dns_aws_rm() {
   fi
   _sleep 1
   return 1
-
 }
 
 ####################  Private functions below ##################################
@@ -207,24 +206,40 @@ _use_container_role() {
 }
 
 _use_instance_role() {
-  _url="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
-  _debug "_url" "$_url"
-  if ! _get "$_url" true 1 | _head_n 1 | grep -Fq 200; then
+  _instance_role_name_url="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/"
+
+  if _get "$_instance_role_name_url" true 1 | _head_n 1 | grep -Fq 401; then
+    _debug "Using IMDSv2"
+    _token_url="http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token"
+    export _H1="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds: 21600"
+    _token="$(_post "" "$_token_url" "" "PUT")"
+    _secure_debug3 "_token" "$_token"
+    if [ -z "$_token" ]; then
+      _debug "Unable to fetch IMDSv2 token from instance metadata"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    export _H1="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $_token"
+  fi
+
+  if ! _get "$_instance_role_name_url" true 1 | _head_n 1 | grep -Fq 200; then
     _debug "Unable to fetch IAM role from instance metadata"
     return 1
   fi
-  _aws_role=$(_get "$_url" "" 1)
-  _debug "_aws_role" "$_aws_role"
-  _use_metadata "$_url$_aws_role"
+
+  _instance_role_name=$(_get "$_instance_role_name_url" "" 1)
+  _debug "_instance_role_name" "$_instance_role_name"
+  _use_metadata "$_instance_role_name_url$_instance_role_name" "$_token"
+
 }
 
 _use_metadata() {
+  export _H1="X-aws-ec2-metadata-token: $2"
   _aws_creds="$(
     _get "$1" "" 1 |
       _normalizeJson |
       tr '{,}' '\n' |
       while read -r _line; do
-        _key="$(echo "${_line%%:*}" | tr -d '"')"
+        _key="$(echo "${_line%%:*}" | tr -d '\"')"
         _value="${_line#*:}"
         _debug3 "_key" "$_key"
         _secure_debug3 "_value" "$_value"