diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 017386a2c3e..51ee6491c19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ To learn more about active deprecations, we recommend checking [GitHub Discussio
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- **AWS Pod Identity Authentication**: Use `default` service account if the workload doesn't set it ([#4767](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4767))
 - **Pulsar Scaler**: Fix `msgBacklogThreshold` field being named wrongly as `msgBacklog` ([#4681](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4681))
 
 ### Deprecations
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
index d21a273c2ce..9d18eeb20c0 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/resolver/scale_resolvers.go
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	referenceOperator = '$'
-	referenceOpener   = '('
-	referenceCloser   = ')'
-	boolTrue          = true
-	boolFalse         = false
+	referenceOperator     = '$'
+	referenceOpener       = '('
+	referenceCloser       = ')'
+	boolTrue              = true
+	boolFalse             = false
+	defaultServiceAccount = "default"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -181,7 +182,10 @@ func ResolveAuthRefAndPodIdentity(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, log
 		authParams, podIdentity := resolveAuthRef(ctx, client, logger, triggerAuthRef, &podTemplateSpec.Spec, namespace, secretsLister)
 
 		if podIdentity.Provider == kedav1alpha1.PodIdentityProviderAwsEKS {
-			serviceAccountName := podTemplateSpec.Spec.ServiceAccountName
+			serviceAccountName := defaultServiceAccount
+			if podTemplateSpec.Spec.ServiceAccountName != "" {
+				serviceAccountName = podTemplateSpec.Spec.ServiceAccountName
+			}
 			serviceAccount := &corev1.ServiceAccount{}
 			err := client.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: serviceAccountName, Namespace: namespace}, serviceAccount)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity_test.go b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity_test.go
index 0a2c832cb99..14aaf920365 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity_test.go
+++ b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity/aws_cloudwatch_pod_identity_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{.DeploymentName}}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: nginx
         image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged
diff --git a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity_test.go b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity_test.go
index 19cfdba5c89..c39d9bb223f 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity_test.go
+++ b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_pod_identity_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{.DeploymentName}}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: nginx
         image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged
diff --git a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity_test.go b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity_test.go
index 0c0547d34d5..de5dc1017d6 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity_test.go
+++ b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity/aws_dynamodb_streams_pod_identity_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{.DeploymentName}}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: nginx
         image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged
diff --git a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity_test.go b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity_test.go
index 40b48dcef07..07d54c02d14 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity_test.go
+++ b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity/aws_kinesis_stream_pod_identity_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{.DeploymentName}}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: nginx
         image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged
diff --git a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity_test.go b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity_test.go
index 2c63e1c54d2..01e8daaebc3 100644
--- a/tests/scalers/aws/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity_test.go
+++ b/tests/scalers/aws/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity/aws_sqs_queue_pod_identity_test.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: {{.DeploymentName}}
     spec:
-      serviceAccountName: default
       containers:
       - name: nginx
         image: nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged