diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.000.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.000.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d62e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.000.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use test;
+
+drop type test if exists;
+create type test as open {
+};
+
+drop dataset test if exists;
+CREATE EXTERNAL DATASET test(test) USING S3 (
+("accessKeyId"="dummyAccessKey"),
+("secretAccessKey"="dummySecretKey"),
+("sessionToken"="dummySessionToken"),
+("region"="us-west-2"),
+("serviceEndpoint"="http://localhost:8001"),
+("container"="playground"),
+("definition"="json-data/reviews/single-line/json"),
+("format"="json")
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.001.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.001.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ec9cc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.001.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+use test;
+select count(*) `count` from test;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.099.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.099.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..548e632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/test.099.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+drop dataverse test if exists;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/result.001.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/result.001.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..187a8cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/external-dataset/s3/create-with-session-token/result.001.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "count": 100 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
index e05b859..f6c2a2f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/testsuite_external_dataset_s3.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">common/json/json</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="external-dataset/s3">
+      <compilation-unit name="create-with-session-token">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">create-with-session-token</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="external-dataset">
       <compilation-unit name="common/json/gz">
         <placeholder name="adapter" value="S3" />
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
index dcd58de..812cb96 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataConstants.java
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@
         public static final String REGION_FIELD_NAME = "region";
         public static final String ACCESS_KEY_ID_FIELD_NAME = "accessKeyId";
         public static final String SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_FIELD_NAME = "secretAccessKey";
+        public static final String SESSION_TOKEN_FIELD_NAME = "sessionToken";
         public static final String CONTAINER_NAME_FIELD_NAME = "container";
         public static final String DEFINITION_FIELD_NAME = "definition";
         public static final String SERVICE_END_POINT_FIELD_NAME = "serviceEndpoint";
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
index 617903d..036dbad 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-external-data/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/external/util/ExternalDataUtils.java
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@
 import com.azure.storage.blob.models.ListBlobsOptions;
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsCredentials;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsSessionCredentials;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
@@ -710,13 +712,20 @@
             // TODO(Hussain): Need to ensure that all required parameters are present in a previous step
             String accessKeyId = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.AwsS3.ACCESS_KEY_ID_FIELD_NAME);
             String secretAccessKey = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.AwsS3.SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_FIELD_NAME);
+            String sessionToken = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.AwsS3.SESSION_TOKEN_FIELD_NAME);
             String regionId = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.AwsS3.REGION_FIELD_NAME);
             String serviceEndpoint = configuration.get(ExternalDataConstants.AwsS3.SERVICE_END_POINT_FIELD_NAME);
 
             S3ClientBuilder builder = S3Client.builder();
 
             // Credentials
-            AwsBasicCredentials credentials = AwsBasicCredentials.create(accessKeyId, secretAccessKey);
+            AwsCredentials credentials;
+            if (sessionToken != null) {
+                credentials = AwsSessionCredentials.create(accessKeyId, secretAccessKey, sessionToken);
+            } else {
+                credentials = AwsBasicCredentials.create(accessKeyId, secretAccessKey);
+            }
+
             builder.credentialsProvider(StaticCredentialsProvider.create(credentials));
 
             // Validate the region