diff --git a/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs b/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
index db91241ad69b..d09ec44291ef 100644
--- a/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
+++ b/crates/goose/src/providers/bedrock.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ use super::formats::bedrock::{
 pub const BEDROCK_DOC_LINK: &str =
     "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/models-supported.html";
 
-pub const BEDROCK_DEFAULT_MODEL: &str = "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0";
+pub const BEDROCK_DEFAULT_MODEL: &str = "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0";
 pub const BEDROCK_KNOWN_MODELS: &[&str] = &[
+    "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0",
     "us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-20250514-v1:0",
     "us.anthropic.claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219-v1:0",
     "us.anthropic.claude-opus-4-20250514-v1:0",
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ pub const BEDROCK_DEFAULT_MAX_RETRY_INTERVAL_MS: u64 = 120_000;
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct BedrockProvider {
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    client: Client,
     model: ModelConfig,
     #[serde(skip)]
     retry_config: RetryConfig,
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ impl BedrockProvider {
         let config = crate::config::Config::global();
 
         // Attempt to load config and secrets to get AWS_ prefixed keys
-        // to re-export them into the environment for aws_config::load_from_env()
+        // to re-export them into the environment for aws_config to use as fallback
         let set_aws_env_vars = |res: Result<HashMap<String, Value>, _>| {
             if let Ok(map) = res {
                 map.into_iter()
@@ -62,16 +65,38 @@ impl BedrockProvider {
         set_aws_env_vars(config.all_values());
         set_aws_env_vars(config.all_secrets());
 
-        let sdk_config = aws_config::load_from_env().await;
+        // Use load_defaults() which supports AWS SSO, profiles, and environment variables
+        let mut loader = aws_config::defaults(aws_config::BehaviorVersion::latest());
+
+        if let Ok(profile_name) = config.get_param::<String>("AWS_PROFILE") {
+            if !profile_name.is_empty() {
+                loader = loader.profile_name(&profile_name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Check for AWS_REGION configuration
+        if let Ok(region) = config.get_param::<String>("AWS_REGION") {
+            if !region.is_empty() {
+                loader = loader.region(aws_config::Region::new(region));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let sdk_config = loader.load().await;
+
+        // Validate credentials or return error back up
         sdk_config
             .credentials_provider()
-            .unwrap()
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("No AWS credentials provider configured"))?
             .provide_credentials()
-            .await?;
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to load AWS credentials: {}. Make sure to run 'aws sso login --profile <your-profile>' if using SSO", e))?;
+
+        let client = Client::new(&sdk_config);
 
         let retry_config = Self::load_retry_config(config);
 
         Ok(Self {
+            client,
             model,
             retry_config,
             name: Self::metadata().name,
@@ -111,10 +136,8 @@ impl BedrockProvider {
     ) -> Result<(bedrock::Message, Option<bedrock::TokenUsage>), ProviderError> {
         let model_name = &self.model.model_name;
 
-        let sdk_config = aws_config::load_from_env().await;
-        let client = Client::new(&sdk_config);
-
-        let mut request = client
+        let mut request = self
+            .client
             .converse()
             .system(bedrock::SystemContentBlock::Text(system.to_string()))
             .model_id(model_name.to_string())
@@ -175,11 +198,14 @@ impl Provider for BedrockProvider {
         ProviderMetadata::new(
             "aws_bedrock",
             "Amazon Bedrock",
-            "Run models through Amazon Bedrock. You may have to set 'AWS_' environment variables to configure authentication.",
+            "Run models through Amazon Bedrock. Supports AWS SSO profiles - run 'aws sso login --profile <profile-name>' before using. Configure with AWS_PROFILE and AWS_REGION, or use environment variables/credentials.",
             BEDROCK_DEFAULT_MODEL,
             BEDROCK_KNOWN_MODELS.to_vec(),
             BEDROCK_DOC_LINK,
-            vec![ConfigKey::new("AWS_PROFILE", true, false, Some("default"))],
+            vec![
+                ConfigKey::new("AWS_PROFILE", true, false, Some("default")),
+                ConfigKey::new("AWS_REGION", true, false, None),
+            ],
         )
     }