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 900a858b3caa..3c24d83f79b1 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
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
@@ -208,8 +209,12 @@ private RequestCallable(HttpURLConnection connection, HttpExecuteRequest request
         public HttpExecuteResponse call() throws IOException {
             connection.connect();
 
-            request.contentStreamProvider().ifPresent(provider ->
-                    invokeSafely(() -> IoUtils.copy(provider.newStream(), connection.getOutputStream())));
+            try {
+                request.contentStreamProvider().ifPresent(provider ->
+                                                              invokeSafely(() -> IoUtils.copy(provider.newStream(), connection.getOutputStream())));
+            } catch(UncheckedIOException e) {
+                throw e.getCause();
+            }
 
             int responseCode = getResponseCodeSafely(connection);
             boolean isErrorResponse = HttpStatusFamily.of(responseCode).isOneOf(CLIENT_ERROR, SERVER_ERROR);