diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/722-ssm_connection-s3_addressing_style.yml b/changelogs/fragments/722-ssm_connection-s3_addressing_style.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d40e34773ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/722-ssm_connection-s3_addressing_style.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- aws_ssm - set S3 addressing style to avoid redirects (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.aws/pull/722).
diff --git a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
index c0c64046ec6..0d0789cfdba 100644
--- a/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
+++ b/plugins/connection/aws_ssm.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def _get_boto_client(self, service, region_name=None, profile_name=None):
 
         client = session.client(
             service,
-            config=Config(signature_version="s3v4")
+            config=Config(signature_version='s3v4', s3={'addressing_style': 'virtual'})
         )
         return client