diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 455c308dad..2a7e5966b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fmt: ## Format source code
 
 .PHONY: check
 check: ## Perform static code analysis
-check: .check-go-version .check-copyright .check-comments .check-errors-wrap \
+check: .check-go-version .check-copyright .check-comments \
 .check-log-capital-letter .check-timeutc .check-lint .check-vendor
 
 .PHONY: .check-go-version
@@ -59,13 +59,6 @@ check: .check-go-version .check-copyright .check-comments .check-errors-wrap \
 		(echo $$f $$e; false); \
 	done
 
-.PHONY: .check-errors-wrap
-.check-errors-wrap:
-	@set -e; for f in `$(GOFILES)`; do \
-		! e=`grep -n -E 'errors\.(Errorf|New|Wrap|Wrapf)' $$f | grep -E '("| )fail'` || \
-		(echo $$f $$e; false); \
-	done
-
 .PHONY: .check-log-capital-letter
 .check-log-capital-letter:
 	@set -e; for f in `$(GOFILES)`; do \
diff --git a/pkg/rclone/aws.go b/pkg/rclone/aws.go
index 3c901ffefd..ec8bf47ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/rclone/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/rclone/aws.go
@@ -5,42 +5,83 @@ package rclone
 import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 )
 
-// awsRegionFromMetadataAPI uses instance metadata API to fetch region of the
-// running instance see
-// https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-metadata.html
+// awsRegionFromMetadataAPI uses instance metadata API v2 to fetch region of the
+// running instance see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instancedata-data-retrieval.html
 // Returns empty string if region can't be obtained for whatever reason.
+// Fallbacks to IMDSv1 if the session token cannot be obtained.
 func awsRegionFromMetadataAPI() string {
-	const url = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document"
+	const docURL = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document"
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, url, http.NoBody)
+	// Step 1: Request an IMDSv2 session token
+	token, err := awsAPIToken()
+	// fallback to IMDSv1 when error on token retrieval
+	if err != nil {
+		fs.Errorf(nil, "%+v", err)
+		token = ""
+	}
+
+	// Step 2: Use the session token to retrieve instance metadata
+	reqMetadata, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodGet, docURL, http.NoBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		fs.Errorf(nil, "create metadata request: %+v", err)
 		return ""
 	}
-	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", UserAgent())
+	if token != "" {
+		reqMetadata.Header.Set("X-aws-ec2-metadata-token", token)
+	}
 
 	metadataClient := http.Client{
 		Timeout: 2 * time.Second,
 	}
-	res, err := metadataClient.Do(req)
+	resMetadata, err := metadataClient.Do(reqMetadata)
 	if err != nil {
-		fs.Debugf(nil, "AWS failed to fetch instance identity: %+v", err)
+		fs.Errorf(nil, "IMDSv2 failed to fetch instance identity: %+v", err)
 		return ""
 	}
-	defer res.Body.Close()
+	defer resMetadata.Body.Close()
 
 	metadata := struct {
 		Region string `json:"region"`
 	}{}
-	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&metadata); err != nil {
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resMetadata.Body).Decode(&metadata); err != nil {
 		fs.Errorf(nil, "parse instance region: %+v", err)
 		return ""
 	}
+
 	return metadata.Region
 }
+
+func awsAPIToken() (string, error) {
+	const tokenURL = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token"
+
+	reqToken, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), http.MethodPut, tokenURL, http.NoBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "create token request")
+	}
+	reqToken.Header.Set("X-aws-ec2-metadata-token-ttl-seconds", "21600")
+	tokenClient := http.Client{
+		Timeout: 2 * time.Second,
+	}
+	resToken, err := tokenClient.Do(reqToken)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "IMDSv2 failed to fetch session token")
+	}
+	defer resToken.Body.Close()
+
+	if resToken.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to retrieve session token")
+	}
+	token, err := io.ReadAll(resToken.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", errors.Wrap(err, "failed to read session token")
+	}
+	return string(token), nil
+}