diff --git a/src/sagemaker/utils.py b/src/sagemaker/utils.py
index 0436c0afea..b962fae15e 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/utils.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/utils.py
@@ -384,8 +384,7 @@ def download_folder(bucket_name, prefix, target, sagemaker_session):
         sagemaker_session (sagemaker.session.Session): a sagemaker session to
             interact with S3.
     """
-    boto_session = sagemaker_session.boto_session
-    s3 = boto_session.resource("s3", region_name=boto_session.region_name)
+    s3 = sagemaker_session.s3_resource
 
     prefix = prefix.lstrip("/")
 
@@ -657,9 +656,8 @@ def download_file(bucket_name, path, target, sagemaker_session):
             interact with S3.
     """
     path = path.lstrip("/")
-    boto_session = sagemaker_session.boto_session
 
-    s3 = boto_session.resource("s3", region_name=sagemaker_session.boto_region_name)
+    s3 = sagemaker_session.s3_resource
     bucket = s3.Bucket(bucket_name)
     bucket.download_file(path, target)
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 81d8279e6d..76f9dce5d0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -1032,10 +1032,10 @@ def __init__(self, tmp):
         self.current_bucket = None
         self.object_mock = MagicMock()
 
-        self.sagemaker_session.boto_session.resource().Bucket().download_file.side_effect = (
+        self.sagemaker_session.s3_resource.Bucket().download_file.side_effect = (
             self.download_file
         )
-        self.sagemaker_session.boto_session.resource().Bucket.side_effect = self.bucket
+        self.sagemaker_session.s3_resource.Bucket.side_effect = self.bucket
         self.fake_upload_path = self.mock_s3_upload()
 
     def bucket(self, name):