diff --git a/docs/BACKUP.md b/docs/BACKUP.md
index 4421394..1fffe10 100644
--- a/docs/BACKUP.md
+++ b/docs/BACKUP.md
@@ -94,11 +94,17 @@ storage:
   bucket: some_bucket
   backup_path: some/path/to/backups/
   profile: services 
+  aws_access_key_id: your-access-key-id
+  aws_secret_access_key: your-secret-access-key
+  aws_default_region: us-east-1
 ```
 Here, the meaning of different `storage` fields is as follows:
 - bucket - S3 storage bucket containing the backups
 - backup_path - absolute path within the S3 bucket which leads to the root directory where the backups should be saved
 - profile (optional) - AWS profile to be used
+- aws_access_key_id (optional) - AWS access key ID to be used
+- aws_secret_access_key (optional) - AWS secret access key to be used
+- aws_default_region (optional) - AWS region to be used
   
 ### Local Storage
 
diff --git a/docs/RESTORE.md b/docs/RESTORE.md
index 32fab50..60b224f 100644
--- a/docs/RESTORE.md
+++ b/docs/RESTORE.md
@@ -50,12 +50,18 @@ storage_type: s3
 storage:
   bucket: some_bucket
   backup_path: some/path/to/backups/gd_org_id/
-  profile: services 
+  profile: services
+  aws_access_key_id: your-access-key-id
+  aws_secret_access_key: your-secret-access-key
+  aws_default_region: us-east-1
 ```
 Here, the meaning of different `storage` fields is as follows:
 - bucket - S3 storage bucket containing the backups
 - backup_path - absolute path within the S3 bucket which leads to the root directory of the backups (the input csv file defines sources from here)
 - profile (optional) - AWS profile to be used
+- aws_access_key_id (optional) - AWS access key ID to be used
+- aws_secret_access_key (optional) - AWS secret access key to be used
+- aws_default_region (optional) - AWS region to be used
 
 
 ## Input CSV file (ws_csv)
diff --git a/scripts/backup.py b/scripts/backup.py
index bd9b618..35ded04 100644
--- a/scripts/backup.py
+++ b/scripts/backup.py
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ def export(self, folder, org_id):
 class S3Storage(BackupStorage):
     def __init__(self, conf: BackupRestoreConfig):
         self._config = conf.storage
-        self._profile = self._config.get("profile", "default")
-        self._session = self._create_boto_session(self._profile)
+        self._session = self._create_boto_session(self._config)
         self._resource = self._session.resource("s3")
         self._bucket = self._resource.Bucket(self._config["bucket"])  # type: ignore [missing library stubs]
         suffix = "/" if not self._config["backup_path"].endswith("/") else ""
@@ -73,12 +72,25 @@ def __init__(self, conf: BackupRestoreConfig):
         self._verify_connection()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _create_boto_session(profile: str) -> boto3.Session:
+    def _create_boto_session(config: dict[str, str]) -> boto3.Session:
+        if config.get("aws_access_key_id") and config.get("aws_secret_access_key"):
+            if not config.get("aws_default_region"):
+                logger.warning("No AWS region specified. Defaulting to us-east-1.")
+            try:
+                return boto3.Session(
+                    aws_access_key_id=config["aws_access_key_id"],
+                    aws_secret_access_key=config["aws_secret_access_key"],
+                    region_name=config["aws_default_region"],
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to create boto3 session with supplied credentials. Falling back to profile..."
+                )
         try:
-            return boto3.Session(profile_name=profile)
+            return boto3.Session(profile_name=config.get("profile"))
         except Exception:
             logger.warning(
-                'AWS profile "[default]" not found. Trying other fallback methods...'
+                f'AWS profile "{config.get("profile")}" not found. Trying other fallback methods...'
             )
 
         return boto3.Session()
diff --git a/scripts/restore.py b/scripts/restore.py
index f1e774c..73e6db1 100644
--- a/scripts/restore.py
+++ b/scripts/restore.py
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def __init__(self, storconf: dict[str, Any]):
         suffix = "/" if not storconf["backup_path"].endswith("/") else ""
         self.backup_path: str = storconf["backup_path"] + suffix
         self.profile = storconf.get("profile", "default")
+        self.aws_access_key_id = storconf.get("aws_access_key_id")
+        self.aws_secret_access_key = storconf.get("aws_secret_access_key")
+        self.aws_default_region = storconf.get("aws_default_region")
 
 
 class S3Storage(BackupStorage):
@@ -91,18 +94,31 @@ class S3Storage(BackupStorage):
 
     def __init__(self, conf: BackupRestoreConfig):
         self._config = S3StorageConfig(conf.storage)
-        self._session = self._create_boto_session(self._config.profile)
+        self._session = self._create_boto_session(self._config)
         self._api = self._session.resource("s3")
         self._bucket = self._api.Bucket(self._config.bucket)
         self._validate_backup_path()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _create_boto_session(profile: str) -> boto3.Session:
+    def _create_boto_session(config: S3StorageConfig) -> boto3.Session:
+        if config.aws_access_key_id and config.aws_secret_access_key:
+            if not config.aws_default_region:
+                logger.warning("No AWS region specified. Defaulting to us-east-1.")
+            try:
+                return boto3.Session(
+                    aws_access_key_id=config.aws_access_key_id,
+                    aws_secret_access_key=config.aws_secret_access_key,
+                    region_name=config.aws_default_region,
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Failed to create boto3 session with supplied credentials. Falling back to profile..."
+                )
         try:
-            return boto3.Session(profile_name=profile)
+            return boto3.Session(profile_name=config.profile)
         except Exception:
             logger.warning(
-                'AWS profile "[default]" not found. Trying other fallback methods...'
+                f'AWS profile "{config.profile}" not found. Trying other fallback methods...'
             )
 
         return boto3.Session()