diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.cpp b/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.cpp
index 0b2d6fdb90..b058843b24 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.cpp
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ auto
 AwsAuthenticationSigner::get_canonical_query_string(string_view scope, string_view timestamp) const
         -> string {
     auto const uri = fmt::format("{}/{}", m_access_key_id, scope);
-    return fmt::format(
-            "{}={}&{}={}&{}={}&{}={}&{}={}",
+    auto canonical_query_string = fmt::format(
+            "{}={}&{}={}&{}={}&{}={}",
             cXAmzAlgorithm,
             cAws4HmacSha256,
             cXAmzCredential,
@@ -257,10 +257,17 @@ AwsAuthenticationSigner::get_canonical_query_string(string_view scope, string_vi
             cXAmzDate,
             timestamp,
             cXAmzExpires,
-            cDefaultExpireTime.count(),
-            cXAmzSignedHeaders,
-            cDefaultSignedHeaders
+            cDefaultExpireTime.count()
     );
+    if (m_session_token.has_value()) {
+        canonical_query_string.append(fmt::format(
+                "&{}={}",
+                cXAmzSecurityToken,
+                encode_uri(m_session_token.value(), false)
+        ));
+    }
+    canonical_query_string.append(fmt::format("&{}={}", cXAmzSignedHeaders, cDefaultSignedHeaders));
+    return canonical_query_string;
 }
 
 auto AwsAuthenticationSigner::get_signing_key(
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.hpp b/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.hpp
index 293ffcd4cd..c665d6e46e 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/aws/AwsAuthenticationSigner.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define CLP_AWS_AWSAUTHENTICATIONSIGNER_HPP
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <optional>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <utility>
@@ -69,9 +70,14 @@ class AwsAuthenticationSigner {
     static constexpr std::string_view cHttpGetMethod{"GET"};
 
     // Constructors
-    AwsAuthenticationSigner(std::string access_key_id, std::string secret_access_key)
+    AwsAuthenticationSigner(
+            std::string access_key_id,
+            std::string secret_access_key,
+            std::optional<std::string> session_token
+    )
             : m_access_key_id{std::move(access_key_id)},
-              m_secret_access_key{std::move(secret_access_key)} {}
+              m_secret_access_key{std::move(secret_access_key)},
+              m_session_token{std::move(session_token)} {}
 
     // Methods
     /**
@@ -129,6 +135,7 @@ class AwsAuthenticationSigner {
     // Variables
     std::string m_access_key_id;
     std::string m_secret_access_key;
+    std::optional<std::string> m_session_token;
 };
 }  // namespace clp::aws
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp/aws/constants.hpp b/components/core/src/clp/aws/constants.hpp
index caebe92a1a..c85cfba531 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp/aws/constants.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp/aws/constants.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ constexpr std::string_view cXAmzAlgorithm{"X-Amz-Algorithm"};
 constexpr std::string_view cXAmzCredential{"X-Amz-Credential"};
 constexpr std::string_view cXAmzDate{"X-Amz-Date"};
 constexpr std::string_view cXAmzExpires{"X-Amz-Expires"};
+constexpr std::string_view cXAmzSecurityToken{"X-Amz-Security-Token"};
 constexpr std::string_view cXAmzSignature{"X-Amz-Signature"};
 constexpr std::string_view cXAmzSignedHeaders{"X-Amz-SignedHeaders"};
 
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/CommandLineArguments.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/CommandLineArguments.cpp
index ece270a03e..7fcee9a705 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/CommandLineArguments.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/CommandLineArguments.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv) {
                         ->default_value(auth),
                     "Type of authentication required for network requests (s3 | none). Authentication"
                     " with s3 requires the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment"
-                    " variables."
+                    " variables, and optionally the AWS_SESSION_TOKEN environment variable."
             );
             // clang-format on
 
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv) {
                         ->default_value(auth),
                     "Type of authentication required for network requests (s3 | none). Authentication"
                     " with s3 requires the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment"
-                    " variables."
+                    " variables, and optionally the AWS_SESSION_TOKEN environment variable."
             );
             // clang-format on
             extraction_options.add(decompression_options);
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ CommandLineArguments::parse_arguments(int argc, char const** argv) {
                     ->default_value(auth),
                 "Type of authentication required for network requests (s3 | none). Authentication"
                 " with s3 requires the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment"
-                " variables."
+                " variables, and optionally the AWS_SESSION_TOKEN environment variable."
             );
             // clang-format on
             search_options.add(match_options);
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/InputConfig.hpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/InputConfig.hpp
index 8c6afc2ea8..1d0eae35dd 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/InputConfig.hpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/InputConfig.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace clp_s {
 // Constants used for input configuration
 constexpr char cAwsAccessKeyIdEnvVar[] = "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID";
 constexpr char cAwsSecretAccessKeyEnvVar[] = "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY";
+constexpr char cAwsSessionTokenEnvVar[] = "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN";
 
 /**
  * Enum class defining the source of a resource.
diff --git a/components/core/src/clp_s/ReaderUtils.cpp b/components/core/src/clp_s/ReaderUtils.cpp
index 6286d367fc..b0f3e31820 100644
--- a/components/core/src/clp_s/ReaderUtils.cpp
+++ b/components/core/src/clp_s/ReaderUtils.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "ReaderUtils.hpp"
 
 #include <exception>
+#include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
@@ -164,8 +165,17 @@ bool try_sign_url(std::string& url) {
         );
         return false;
     }
+    std::optional<std::string> optional_aws_session_token{std::nullopt};
+    auto const aws_session_token = std::getenv(cAwsSessionTokenEnvVar);
+    if (nullptr != aws_session_token) {
+        optional_aws_session_token = std::string{aws_session_token};
+    }
 
-    clp::aws::AwsAuthenticationSigner signer{aws_access_key, aws_secret_access_key};
+    clp::aws::AwsAuthenticationSigner signer{
+            aws_access_key,
+            aws_secret_access_key,
+            optional_aws_session_token
+    };
 
     try {
         clp::aws::S3Url s3_url{url};