diff --git a/src/AWSCredentials.jl b/src/AWSCredentials.jl
index 01b0ba366e..687abeed9a 100644
--- a/src/AWSCredentials.jl
+++ b/src/AWSCredentials.jl
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function ec2_instance_metadata(path::AbstractString)
     request = try
         @mock HTTP.request("GET", uri; connect_timeout=1)
     catch e
-        if e isa HTTP.ConnectionPool.ConnectTimeout
+        if e isa HTTP.ConnectError
             nothing
         else
             rethrow()
diff --git a/test/patch.jl b/test/patch.jl
index bdf61f127d..9aab638ce3 100644
--- a/test/patch.jl
+++ b/test/patch.jl
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ end
 _instance_metadata_timeout_patch = @patch function HTTP.request(
     method::String, url; kwargs...
 )
-    return throw(HTTP.ConnectionPool.ConnectTimeout("169.254.169.254", "80"))
+    return throw(
+        HTTP.ConnectError(
+            "http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/info",
+            HTTP.ConnectionPool.ConnectTimeout("169.254.169.254", "80"),
+        ),
+    )
 end
 
 # This patch causes `HTTP.request` to return all of its keyword arguments