diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-ini/src/fromIni.ts b/packages/credential-provider-ini/src/fromIni.ts
index 08a8c2ae18cf..795a4aa7ed55 100644
--- a/packages/credential-provider-ini/src/fromIni.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-ini/src/fromIni.ts
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ export interface FromIniInit extends SourceProfileInit, CredentialProviderOption
  */
 export const fromIni =
   (_init: FromIniInit = {}): RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider =>
-  async (props = {}) => {
+  async ({ contextClientConfig } = {}) => {
     const init: FromIniInit = {
       ..._init,
     };
-    if (props.contextClientConfig?.region) {
+    if (contextClientConfig?.region) {
       init.parentClientConfig = {
-        region: props.contextClientConfig.region,
+        region: contextClientConfig.region,
         ..._init.parentClientConfig,
       };
     }
diff --git a/packages/credential-provider-web-identity/src/fromWebToken.ts b/packages/credential-provider-web-identity/src/fromWebToken.ts
index 880a27772b3c..1650113733ff 100644
--- a/packages/credential-provider-web-identity/src/fromWebToken.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-provider-web-identity/src/fromWebToken.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export const fromWebToken =
         {
           ...init.clientConfig,
           credentialProviderLogger: init.logger,
-          ...(awsIdentityProperties?.contextClientConfig?.region
+          ...(awsIdentityProperties?.contextClientConfig?.region || init.parentClientConfig
             ? {
                 parentClientConfig: {
                   region: awsIdentityProperties?.contextClientConfig?.region,
diff --git a/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.spec.ts b/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.spec.ts
index 08679a87b3ef..04f5fbb67962 100644
--- a/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 import { ProviderError } from "@smithy/property-provider";
 import { AwsCredentialIdentity, AwsCredentialIdentityProvider } from "@smithy/types";
 import { describe, expect, test as it } from "vitest";
@@ -79,4 +80,33 @@ describe(createCredentialChain.name, () => {
       "@aws-sdk/credential-providers - createCredentialChain(...).expireAfter(ms) may not be called with a duration lower than five minutes."
     );
   });
+
+  it("is compatible with contextual-region-aware credential providers", async () => {
+    const provider: RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider = async ({ contextClientConfig } = {}) => {
+      return {
+        accessKeyId: "",
+        secretAccessKey: "",
+        sessionToken: (await contextClientConfig?.region()) ?? "wrong_region",
+      };
+    };
+    const errorProvider = async () => {
+      throw new ProviderError("", { tryNextLink: true });
+    };
+
+    const chain = createCredentialChain(errorProvider, provider);
+
+    expect(
+      await chain({
+        contextClientConfig: {
+          async region() {
+            return "ap-northeast-1";
+          },
+        },
+      })
+    ).toEqual({
+      accessKeyId: "",
+      secretAccessKey: "",
+      sessionToken: "ap-northeast-1",
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.ts b/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.ts
index 857ce1b5345a..0c536436f1a8 100644
--- a/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.ts
+++ b/packages/credential-providers/src/createCredentialChain.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { chain as propertyProviderChain } from "@smithy/property-provider";
+import type {
+  AwsIdentityProperties,
+  RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider,
+  RegionalIdentityProvider,
+} from "@aws-sdk/types";
+import { ProviderError } from "@smithy/property-provider";
 import type { AwsCredentialIdentityProvider } from "@smithy/types";
 
 export interface CustomCredentialChainOptions {
@@ -52,11 +57,11 @@ type Mutable<Type> = {
  * providers in sequence until one succeeds or all fail.
  */
 export const createCredentialChain = (
-  ...credentialProviders: AwsCredentialIdentityProvider[]
-): AwsCredentialIdentityProvider & CustomCredentialChainOptions => {
+  ...credentialProviders: RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider[]
+): RegionalAwsCredentialIdentityProvider & CustomCredentialChainOptions => {
   let expireAfter = -1;
-  const baseFunction = async () => {
-    const credentials = await propertyProviderChain(...credentialProviders)();
+  const baseFunction = async (awsIdentityProperties?: AwsIdentityProperties) => {
+    const credentials = await propertyProviderChain(...credentialProviders)(awsIdentityProperties);
     if (!credentials.expiration && expireAfter !== -1) {
       (credentials as Mutable<typeof credentials>).expiration = new Date(Date.now() + expireAfter);
     }
@@ -75,3 +80,29 @@ export const createCredentialChain = (
   });
   return withOptions;
 };
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export const propertyProviderChain =
+  <T>(...providers: Array<RegionalIdentityProvider<T>>): RegionalIdentityProvider<T> =>
+  async (awsIdentityProperties?: AwsIdentityProperties) => {
+    if (providers.length === 0) {
+      throw new ProviderError("No providers in chain");
+    }
+
+    let lastProviderError: Error | undefined;
+    for (const provider of providers) {
+      try {
+        const credentials = await provider(awsIdentityProperties);
+        return credentials;
+      } catch (err) {
+        lastProviderError = err;
+        if (err?.tryNextLink) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        throw err;
+      }
+    }
+    throw lastProviderError;
+  };