diff --git a/src/braket/aws/aws_session.py b/src/braket/aws/aws_session.py
index 4abd4c15b..20fdc720a 100644
--- a/src/braket/aws/aws_session.py
+++ b/src/braket/aws/aws_session.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import os
 import os.path
+import re
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional
 
 import backoff
@@ -537,8 +538,13 @@ def parse_s3_uri(s3_uri: str) -> (str, str):
             a valid S3 URI.
         """
         try:
-            assert s3_uri.startswith("s3://")
-            bucket, key = s3_uri.split("/", 3)[2:]
+            # Object URL e.g. https://my-bucket.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/my/key
+            # S3 URI e.g. s3://my-bucket/my/key
+            s3_uri_match = re.match("^https://([^./]+).[sS]3.[^/]+/(.*)$", s3_uri) or re.match(
+                "^[sS]3://([^./]+)/(.*)$", s3_uri
+            )
+            assert s3_uri_match
+            bucket, key = s3_uri_match.groups()
             assert bucket and key
             return bucket, key
         except (AssertionError, ValueError):
diff --git a/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_session.py b/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_session.py
index 5927fb36b..28a98bc90 100644
--- a/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_session.py
+++ b/test/unit_tests/braket/aws/test_aws_session.py
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ def test_is_s3_uri(string, valid):
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "uri, bucket, key",
-    [
+    (
         (
             "s3://bucket-name-123/key/with/multiple/dirs",
             "bucket-name-123",
@@ -720,35 +720,35 @@ def test_is_s3_uri(string, valid):
             "bucket-name-123",
             "key-with_one.dirs",
         ),
-        pytest.param(
-            "http://bucket-name-123/key/with/multiple/dirs",
-            "bucket-name-123",
-            "key/with/multiple/dirs",
-            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=ValueError, strict=True),
-        ),
-        pytest.param(
-            "bucket-name-123/key/with/multiple/dirs",
-            "bucket-name-123",
-            "key/with/multiple/dirs",
-            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=ValueError, strict=True),
-        ),
-        pytest.param(
-            "s3://bucket-name-123/",
+        (
+            "https://bucket-name-123.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/key/with/dirs",
             "bucket-name-123",
-            "",
-            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=ValueError, strict=True),
+            "key/with/dirs",
         ),
-        pytest.param(
-            "s3://bucket-name-123",
+        (
+            "https://bucket-name-123.S3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/key/with/dirs",
             "bucket-name-123",
-            "",
-            marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=ValueError, strict=True),
+            "key/with/dirs",
         ),
-    ],
+    ),
 )
 def test_parse_s3_uri(uri, bucket, key):
-    parsed = AwsSession.parse_s3_uri(uri)
-    assert bucket, key == parsed
+    assert bucket, key == AwsSession.parse_s3_uri(uri)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "uri",
+    (
+        "s3://bucket.name-123/key-with_one.dirs",
+        "http://bucket-name-123/key/with/multiple/dirs",
+        "bucket-name-123/key/with/multiple/dirs",
+        "s3://bucket-name-123/",
+        "s3://bucket-name-123",
+    ),
+)
+def test_parse_s3_uri_invalid(uri):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=f"Not a valid S3 uri: {uri}"):
+        AwsSession.parse_s3_uri(uri)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(