diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/s3fs/S3FileSystem.cpp b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/s3fs/S3FileSystem.cpp
index 08a4261703f9..77e59f0097ee 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/s3fs/S3FileSystem.cpp
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/storage_adapters/s3fs/S3FileSystem.cpp
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ class S3WriteFile::Impl {
       request.SetContentLength(part.size());
       request.SetBody(
           std::make_shared<StringViewStream>(part.data(), part.size()));
+      // The default algorithm used is MD5. However, MD5 is not supported with
+      // fips and can cause a SIGSEGV. Set CRC32 instead which is a standard for
+      // checksum computation and is not restricted by fips.
+      request.SetChecksumAlgorithm(Aws::S3::Model::ChecksumAlgorithm::CRC32);
       auto outcome = client_->UploadPart(request);
       VELOX_CHECK_AWS_OUTCOME(outcome, "Failed to upload", bucket_, key_);
       // Append ETag and part number for this uploaded part.