diff --git a/.changes/next-release/feature-URLConnectionHttpClient-a1e8182.json b/.changes/next-release/feature-URLConnectionHttpClient-a1e8182.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f400a5ba9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/feature-URLConnectionHttpClient-a1e8182.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "category": "URL Connection Http Client", 
+    "contributor": "rtyley", 
+    "type": "feature", 
+    "description": "Lower memory consumption for HTTP requests by enabling fixed-length streaming mode."
+}
diff --git a/http-clients/url-connection-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/urlconnection/UrlConnectionHttpClient.java b/http-clients/url-connection-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/urlconnection/UrlConnectionHttpClient.java
index ae419a7bfef2..900a858b3caa 100644
--- a/http-clients/url-connection-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/urlconnection/UrlConnectionHttpClient.java
+++ b/http-clients/url-connection-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/http/urlconnection/UrlConnectionHttpClient.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 package software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection;
 
+import static software.amazon.awssdk.http.Header.CONTENT_LENGTH;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.http.HttpStatusFamily.CLIENT_ERROR;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.http.HttpStatusFamily.SERVER_ERROR;
 import static software.amazon.awssdk.utils.FunctionalUtils.invokeSafely;
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ private HttpURLConnection createAndConfigureConnection(HttpExecuteRequest reques
         // See: https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2/issues/975
         connection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(false);
 
+        request.httpRequest().firstMatchingHeader(CONTENT_LENGTH).map(Long::parseLong)
+               .ifPresent(connection::setFixedLengthStreamingMode);
+
         return connection;
     }