diff --git a/.changelog/096161d8acea4d53afe332ec60aac3db.json b/.changelog/096161d8acea4d53afe332ec60aac3db.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..34ca7a7fa53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/096161d8acea4d53afe332ec60aac3db.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "id": "096161d8-acea-4d53-afe3-32ec60aac3db",
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "description": "Enable user to call GetBucketRegion without credential config",
+    "modules": [
+        "feature/s3/manager"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region.go b/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region.go
index 8c701952949..5e06ea1d348 100644
--- a/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region.go
+++ b/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region.go
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ const bucketRegionHeader = "X-Amz-Bucket-Region"
 //
 //	manager.GetBucketRegion(ctx, s3.NewFromConfig(cfg), bucket, func(o *s3.Options) {
 //	     o.Credentials = nil
-//	     // Or
-//	     o.Credentials = aws.AnonymousCredentials{}
 //	})
 //
 // The request with anonymous credentials will not be signed.
@@ -72,11 +70,14 @@ const bucketRegionHeader = "X-Amz-Bucket-Region"
 func GetBucketRegion(ctx context.Context, client HeadBucketAPIClient, bucket string, optFns ...func(*s3.Options)) (string, error) {
 	var captureBucketRegion deserializeBucketRegion
 
-	clientOptionFns := make([]func(*s3.Options), len(optFns)+1)
+	clientOptionFns := make([]func(*s3.Options), len(optFns)+2)
 	clientOptionFns[0] = func(options *s3.Options) {
 		options.APIOptions = append(options.APIOptions, captureBucketRegion.RegisterMiddleware)
 	}
-	copy(clientOptionFns[1:], optFns)
+	clientOptionFns[1] = func(options *s3.Options) {
+		options.Credentials = nil
+	}
+	copy(clientOptionFns[2:], optFns)
 
 	_, err := client.HeadBucket(ctx, &s3.HeadBucketInput{
 		Bucket: aws.String(bucket),
diff --git a/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region_test.go b/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region_test.go
index c0ed0151946..e10be6eb300 100644
--- a/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region_test.go
+++ b/feature/s3/manager/bucket_region_test.go
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ func testSetupGetBucketRegionServer(region string, statusCode int, incHeader boo
 }
 
 var testGetBucketRegionCases = []struct {
-	RespRegion      string
-	StatusCode      int
-	ExpectReqRegion string
+	RespRegion string
+	StatusCode int
 }{
 	{
 		RespRegion: "bucket-region",
@@ -56,9 +55,8 @@ var testGetBucketRegionCases = []struct {
 		StatusCode: 200,
 	},
 	{
-		RespRegion:      "bucket-region",
-		StatusCode:      200,
-		ExpectReqRegion: "default-region",
+		RespRegion: "bucket-region",
+		StatusCode: 200,
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/feature/s3/manager/integ_bucket_region_test.go b/feature/s3/manager/integ_bucket_region_test.go
index 92087723c7e..d1a8c16416f 100644
--- a/feature/s3/manager/integ_bucket_region_test.go
+++ b/feature/s3/manager/integ_bucket_region_test.go
@@ -8,19 +8,34 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/s3"
 )
 
 func TestInteg_GetBucketRegion(t *testing.T) {
 	expectRegion := integConfig.Region
-
-	region, err := manager.GetBucketRegion(context.Background(), s3.NewFromConfig(integConfig), aws.ToString(bucketName))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("expect no error, got %v", err)
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		optFns []func(*s3.Options)
+	}{
+		"normal credentials": {[]func(o *s3.Options){}},
+		"invalid credentials": {[]func(o *s3.Options){
+			func(o *s3.Options) {
+				o.Credentials = credentials.NewStaticCredentialsProvider("fakeDummy", "fakeDummy", "")
+			},
+		}},
 	}
 
-	if e, a := expectRegion, region; e != a {
-		t.Errorf("expect %s bucket region, got %s", e, a)
+	for name, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			region, err := manager.GetBucketRegion(context.Background(), s3.NewFromConfig(integConfig, c.optFns...), aws.ToString(bucketName))
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("expect no error, got %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if e, a := expectRegion, region; e != a {
+				t.Errorf("expect %s bucket region, got %s", e, a)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }