diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index de20c26e6..a48761086 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: spec.nodeName
+            {{- if .Values.useFIPS }}
+            - name: AWS_USE_FIPS_ENDPOINT
+              value: "true"
+            {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: socket-dir
               mountPath: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
index 60a66a0a1..9afe5c93c 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/node-daemonset.yaml
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: CSI_ENDPOINT
               value: unix:/csi/csi.sock
+            {{- if .Values.useFIPS }}
+            - name: AWS_USE_FIPS_ENDPOINT
+              value: "true"
+            {{- end }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: kubelet-dir
               mountPath: /var/lib/kubelet
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 511d70e35..f92205352 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ fullnameOverride: ""
 
 replicaCount: 2
 
+useFIPS: false
+
 image:
   repository: amazon/aws-efs-csi-driver
   tag: "v1.4.0"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 22ee2a353..c1233fc79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-efs-csi-driver
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.29
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.76
 	github.com/container-storage-interface/spec v1.5.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 87f02b890..b68f11b76 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.35.24/go.mod h1:tlPOdRjfxPBpNIwqDj61rmsnA85v9jc0Ps9
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.38.49/go.mod h1:hcU610XS61/+aQV88ixoOzUoG7v3b31pl2zKMmprdro=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.29 h1:NShvd1O+423/uAnm/CEM74Onn2lL54dzxPUEoPFCMVo=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.40.29/go.mod h1:585smgzpB/KqRA+K3y/NL/oYRqQvpNJYvLm+LY1U59Q=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.76 h1:5e8yGO/XeNYKckOjpBKUd5wStf0So3CrQIiOMCVLpOI=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.44.76/go.mod h1:y4AeaBuwd2Lk+GepC1E9v0qOiTws0MIWAX4oIKwKHZo=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3 h1:vkLuvpK4fmtSCuo60+yC63p7y0BmQ8gm5ZXGuBCJyXg=
 github.com/benbjohnson/clock v1.0.3/go.mod h1:bGMdMPoPVvcYyt1gHDf4J2KE153Yf9BuiUKYMaxlTDM=
 github.com/beorn7/perks v0.0.0-20180321164747-3a771d992973/go.mod h1:Dwedo/Wpr24TaqPxmxbtue+5NUziq4I4S80YR8gNf3Q=
@@ -780,7 +782,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210316092652-d523dce5a7f4/go.mod h1:RBQZq4jEuRlivfhVLd
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4/go.mod h1:p54w0d4576C0XHj96bSt6lcn1PtDYWL6XObtHCRCNQM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210503060351-7fd8e65b6420/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210520170846-37e1c6afe023/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210614182718-04defd469f4e/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220127200216-cd36cc0744dd/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220225172249-27dd8689420f/go.mod h1:CfG3xpIq0wQ8r1q4Su4UZFWDARRcnwPjda9FqA0JpMk=
diff --git a/pkg/cloud/cloud.go b/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
index c1fd08b25..9552c7fd2 100644
--- a/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloud/cloud.go
@@ -133,9 +133,12 @@ func createCloud(awsRoleArn string) (Cloud, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get metadata: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	efs_client := createEfsClient(awsRoleArn, metadata, sess)
+	klog.V(5).Infof("EFS Client created using the following endpoint: %+v", efs_client.(*efs.EFS).Client.ClientInfo.Endpoint)
+
 	return &cloud{
 		metadata: metadata,
-		efs:      createEfsClient(awsRoleArn, metadata, sess),
+		efs:      efs_client,
 	}, nil
 }