diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKForJavav2-e6ec911.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKForJavav2-e6ec911.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c51bf7489bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-AWSSDKForJavav2-e6ec911.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "bugfix",
+    "category": "AWS SDK For Java v2",
+    "contributor": "",
+    "description": "Set default value for credentialProvider archetype parameter."
+}
diff --git a/archetypes/archetype-app-quickstart/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/archetypes/archetype-app-quickstart/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index aa78ae12e998..73ae1aa069e1 100644
--- a/archetypes/archetype-app-quickstart/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/archetypes/archetype-app-quickstart/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
       <validationRegex>(true|false)</validationRegex>
     </requiredProperty>
     <requiredProperty key="credentialProvider">
+      <defaultValue>default</defaultValue>
       <validationRegex>(default|identity-center)</validationRegex>
     </requiredProperty>
   </requiredProperties>