diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 2f7ad8af12..0f964610d4 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "AWS"
 uuid = "fbe9abb3-538b-5e4e-ba9e-bc94f4f92ebc"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "1.90.0"
+version = "1.90.1"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
diff --git a/src/IMDS.jl b/src/IMDS.jl
index a26e6d93b5..6361cc4202 100644
--- a/src/IMDS.jl
+++ b/src/IMDS.jl
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function _http_request(args...; status_exception=true, kwargs...)
         # and connections will fail. On EC2 instances where IMDS is disabled a HTTP 403 is
         # returned.
         # https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instancedata-data-retrieval.html#instance-metadata-returns
-        if e isa ConnectError || e isa StatusError && e.status == 403
+        if is_connection_exception(e) || e isa StatusError && e.status == 403
             throw(IMDSUnavailable())
 
         #! format: off
@@ -118,6 +118,14 @@ function _http_request(args...; status_exception=true, kwargs...)
     return response
 end
 
+is_connection_exception(e::ConnectError) = true
+is_connection_exception(e::Exception) = false
+
+# https://github.com/JuliaCloud/AWS.jl/issues/649
+function is_connection_exception(e::HTTP.Exceptions.RequestError)
+    return e.error == Base.IOError("read: connection timed out (ETIMEDOUT)", -110)
+end
+
 """
     get([session::Session], path::AbstractString) -> Union{String, Nothing}
 
diff --git a/test/IMDS.jl b/test/IMDS.jl
index ac61bcc123..75bf6a1664 100644
--- a/test/IMDS.jl
+++ b/test/IMDS.jl
@@ -82,6 +82,21 @@ function _imds_patch(router::HTTP.Router=HTTP.Router(); listening=true, enabled=
 end
 
 @testset "IMDS" begin
+    @testset "is_connection_exception" begin
+        url = "http://169.254.169.254/latest/api/token"
+        connect_timeout = HTTP.ConnectionPool.ConnectTimeout("169.254.169.254", 80)
+        e = HTTP.Exceptions.ConnectError(url, connect_timeout)
+        @test IMDS.is_connection_exception(e)
+
+        request = HTTP.Request("PUT", "/latest/api/token", [], HTTP.nobody)
+        io_error = Base.IOError("read: connection timed out (ETIMEDOUT)", -110)
+        e = HTTP.Exceptions.RequestError(request, io_error)
+        @test IMDS.is_connection_exception(e)
+
+        e = ErrorException("non-connection error")
+        @test !IMDS.is_connection_exception(e)
+    end
+
     @testset "refresh_token!" begin
         # Running outside of an EC2 instance
         apply(_imds_patch(; listening=false)) do