diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2c38dc..d96d939 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-s3</artifactId>
       <version>${aws.sdk.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
-          <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/aws/s3/source/S3BatchSource.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/aws/s3/source/S3BatchSource.java
index f3d27da..6c531d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/aws/s3/source/S3BatchSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/aws/s3/source/S3BatchSource.java
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
 
 package io.cdap.plugin.aws.s3.source;
 
+import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
+import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSStaticCredentialsProvider;
+import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
+import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicSessionCredentials;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.AmazonS3ClientBuilder;
+import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.AmazonS3Exception;
 import com.google.common.base.Strings;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
@@ -183,15 +191,12 @@ public void validate(FailureCollector collector) {
           collector.addFailure("Connection credentials is not provided", "Please provide valid credentials");
         } else {
           connection.validate(collector);
+          validatePath(collector);
+          collector.getOrThrowException();
+          validateCredentials(collector, path);
         }
       }
-      if (!containsMacro("path") && (!path.startsWith("s3a://") && !path.startsWith("s3n://"))) {
-        collector.addFailure("Path must start with s3a:// or s3n://.", null).withConfigProperty(NAME_PATH);
-      }
-      if (!containsMacro("path") && path.startsWith("s3n://") && !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(connection.getSessionToken())) {
-        collector.addFailure("Temporary credentials are only supported for s3a:// paths.", null)
-            .withConfigProperty(NAME_PATH);
-      }
+
       if (!containsMacro(NAME_FILE_SYSTEM_PROPERTIES)) {
         try {
           getFilesystemProperties();
@@ -202,6 +207,45 @@ public void validate(FailureCollector collector) {
       }
     }
 
+    void validatePath(FailureCollector collector) {
+      if (!containsMacro("path") && (!path.startsWith("s3a://") && !path.startsWith("s3n://"))) {
+        collector.addFailure("Path must start with s3a:// or s3n://.", null).withConfigProperty(NAME_PATH);
+      }
+      if (!containsMacro("path") && path.startsWith("s3n://") && !Strings.isNullOrEmpty(connection.getSessionToken())) {
+        collector.addFailure("Temporary credentials are only supported for s3a:// paths.", null)
+          .withConfigProperty(NAME_PATH);
+      }
+    }
+
+    public void validateCredentials(FailureCollector collector, String path) {
+      AmazonS3 s3 = getS3Client(Regions.DEFAULT_REGION.getName());
+      try {
+        String bucketRegion = s3.getBucketLocation(S3Path.from(path).getBucket());
+        s3 = getS3Client(bucketRegion);
+        s3.getBucketAcl(S3Path.from(path).getBucket());
+      } catch (AmazonS3Exception exception) {
+        String errorMessage = exception.getErrorMessage();
+        collector.addFailure(String.format("Invalid values: %s.", errorMessage),
+                             "Please provide valid values.").withStacktrace(exception.getStackTrace());
+      }
+    }
+
+    private AmazonS3 getS3Client(String region) {
+      AmazonS3ClientBuilder builder = AmazonS3ClientBuilder.standard();
+      if (region != null) {
+        builder.setRegion(region);
+      }
+      AWSCredentials creds;
+      if (connection.getSessionToken() == null) {
+        creds = new BasicAWSCredentials(connection.getAccessID(), connection.getAccessKey());
+      } else {
+        creds = new BasicSessionCredentials(connection.getAccessID(), connection.getAccessKey(),
+                                            connection.getSessionToken());
+      }
+      return builder.withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(creds))
+        .build();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getPath() {
       return path.startsWith(S3Path.OLD_SCHEME) ? S3Path.SCHEME + path.substring(S3Path.OLD_SCHEME.length()) : path;