diff --git a/packages/ec2-metadata-service/package.json b/packages/ec2-metadata-service/package.json
index 988001c713a05..3b4f4cf398e85 100644
--- a/packages/ec2-metadata-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/ec2-metadata-service/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   "module": "./dist-es/index.js",
   "types": "./dist-types/index.d.ts",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-sdk/protocol-http": "*",
+    "@smithy/protocol-http": "^3.3.0",
     "@aws-sdk/types": "*",
     "@smithy/node-config-provider": "^2.3.0",
     "@smithy/node-http-handler": "^2.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/ec2-metadata-service/src/MetadataService.ts b/packages/ec2-metadata-service/src/MetadataService.ts
index 5bb2035cdad8f..8a7b657c35dad 100644
--- a/packages/ec2-metadata-service/src/MetadataService.ts
+++ b/packages/ec2-metadata-service/src/MetadataService.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import { HttpRequest } from "@aws-sdk/protocol-http";
 import { HttpHandlerOptions } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 import { loadConfig } from "@smithy/node-config-provider";
 import { NodeHttpHandler } from "@smithy/node-http-handler";
+import { HttpRequest } from "@smithy/protocol-http";
 import { sdkStreamMixin } from "@smithy/util-stream";
 
 import { ENDPOINT_SELECTORS, IMDSv1_DISABLED_SELECTORS } from "./ConfigLoaders";