diff --git a/.changeset/big-pumpkins-rush.md b/.changeset/big-pumpkins-rush.md
index 6d74a0fb66..3a105f0e79 100644
--- a/.changeset/big-pumpkins-rush.md
+++ b/.changeset/big-pumpkins-rush.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/plugin-kubernetes-backend': patch
 ---
 
-Use AWS SDK V2 for Kubernetes authentication
+Use AWS SDK V2 instead of V3 for Kubernetes authentication
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.test.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.test.ts
index 84de03997e..08752f6ba1 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.test.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ describe('AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator tests', () => {
       url: '',
       authProvider: 'aws',
     });
-    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow('no credentials found');
+    await expect(promise).rejects.toThrow('no AWS credentials found.');
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
index e5b6fb61d4..6d1dc774b9 100644
--- a/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
+++ b/plugins/kubernetes-backend/src/kubernetes-auth-translator/AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class AwsIamKubernetesAuthTranslator
   async getBearerToken(clusterName: string): Promise<string> {
     const credentials = AWS.config.credentials;
     if (!(credentials instanceof Credentials)) {
-      throw new Error('no credentials found');
+      throw new Error('no AWS credentials found.');
     }
     await credentials.getPromise();
     const request = {