diff --git a/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client.go b/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client.go
index ca8e05c5feb2badb3f895bdd5242aab9a5b46087..4c7ecc73c2f56a6ed6f95ba4b2b7d7bb760aa955 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client.go
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ func setupS3Client(s3Credentials config.S3Credentials, s3Config config.S3Config)
 			o.BaseEndpoint = aws.String(s3Config.Endpoint)
 		}
 		o.UsePathStyle = s3Config.PathStyle
+		o.RequestChecksumCalculation = aws.RequestChecksumCalculationWhenRequired
 	})
 
 	clientCache.clients[s3Config] = &s3Client{
diff --git a/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client_test.go b/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client_test.go
index 2d5684dde93b5f7d437584efc810b3dff4061641..cae656409ed539797a821a4c1afedfcef46c372b 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client_test.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/upload/destination/objectstore/s3_client_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/workhorse/internal/config"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 )
 
 func TestS3ClientSetup(t *testing.T) {
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ func TestS3ClientSetup(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Nil(t, options.BaseEndpoint)
 	require.Equal(t, "us-west-1", options.Region)
 	require.True(t, options.UsePathStyle)
+	require.Equal(t, aws.RequestChecksumCalculationWhenRequired, options.RequestChecksumCalculation)
 
 	clientCache.Lock()
 	require.Len(t, clientCache.clients, 1)