diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 1cb508d..3e19ca4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -43,17 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           which cargo-llvm-cov || cargo install cargo-llvm-cov
           which cargo-deny || cargo install cargo-deny
-      - name: Install ninja-build tool for aws-lc-fips-sys on Windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@v6
-      - name: Install NASM for aws-lc-fips-sys on Windows
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        uses: ilammy/setup-nasm@v1
-      - name: Install golang for aws-lc-fips-sys on macos
-        if: runner.os == 'MacOS'
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version: "stable"
       - name: Check licenses
         run: cargo-deny check licenses
       - name: Build
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a2681f..8724e12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -152,27 +152,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "aws-lc-fips-sys"
-version = "0.13.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f8bce4948d2520386c6d92a6ea2d472300257702242e5a1d01d6add52bd2e7c1"
-dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
- "cc",
- "cmake",
- "dunce",
- "fs_extra",
- "regex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aws-lc-rs"
 version = "1.16.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a054912289d18629dc78375ba2c3726a3afe3ff71b4edba9dedfca0e3446d1fc"
 dependencies = [
- "aws-lc-fips-sys",
  "aws-lc-sys",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -626,26 +611,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "vsimd",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.72.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "993776b509cfb49c750f11b8f07a46fa23e0a1386ffc01fb1e7d343efc387895"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "itertools",
- "log",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.11.0"
@@ -722,9 +687,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.57"
+version = "1.2.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a0dd1ca384932ff3641c8718a02769f1698e7563dc6974ffd03346116310423"
+checksum = "e1e928d4b69e3077709075a938a05ffbedfa53a84c8f766efbf8220bb1ff60e1"
 dependencies = [
  "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
@@ -732,15 +697,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "shlex",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -792,17 +748,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "half",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "1.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.6.0"
@@ -830,9 +775,9 @@ checksum = "c8d4a3bb8b1e0c1050499d1815f5ab16d04f0959b233085fb31653fbfc9d98f9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.57"
+version = "0.1.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75443c44cd6b379beb8c5b45d85d0773baf31cce901fe7bb252f4eff3008ef7d"
+checksum = "c0f78a02292a74a88ac736019ab962ece0bc380e3f977bf72e376c5d78ff0678"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
@@ -1350,12 +1295,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cc23270f6e1808e30a928bdc84dea0b9b4136a8bc82338574f23baf47bbd280"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.27"
@@ -1886,16 +1825,6 @@ version = "0.2.183"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5b646652bf6661599e1da8901b3b9522896f01e736bad5f723fe7a3a27f899d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d7c4b02199fee7c5d21a5ae7d8cfa79a6ef5bb2fc834d6e9058e89c825efdc55"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-link",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -2001,9 +1930,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a69bcab0ad47271a0234d9422b131806bf3968021e5dc9328caf2d4cd58557fc"
+checksum = "50b7e5b27aa02a74bac8c3f23f448f8d87ff11f92d3aac1a6ed369ee08cc56c1"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "wasi",
@@ -2047,9 +1976,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-conv"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf97ec579c3c42f953ef76dbf8d55ac91fb219dde70e49aa4a6b7d74e9919050"
+checksum = "c6673768db2d862beb9b39a78fdcb1a69439615d5794a1be50caa9bc92c81967"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "num-integer"
@@ -2285,16 +2214,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.37"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "479ca8adacdd7ce8f1fb39ce9ecccbfe93a3f1344b3d0d97f20bc0196208f62b"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -2930,9 +2849,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "simd-adler32"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e320a6c5ad31d271ad523dcf3ad13e2767ad8b1cb8f047f75a8aeaf8da139da2"
+checksum = "703d5c7ef118737c72f1af64ad2f6f8c5e1921f818cdcb97b8fe6fc69bf66214"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
@@ -3415,9 +3334,9 @@ checksum = "e6e4313cd5fcd3dad5cafa179702e2b244f760991f45397d14d4ebf38247da75"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.13.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6ccf251212114b54433ec949fd6a7841275f9ada20dddd2f29e9ceea4501493"
+checksum = "9629274872b2bfaf8d66f5f15725007f635594914870f65218920345aa11aa8c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
@@ -3472,9 +3391,9 @@ checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.22.0"
+version = "1.23.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a68d3c8f01c0cfa54a75291d83601161799e4a89a39e0929f4b0354d88757a37"
+checksum = "5ac8b6f42ead25368cf5b098aeb3dc8a1a2c05a3eee8a9a1a68c640edbfc79d9"
 dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be5400b..0f832b4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ To download the source code, see [https://github\.com/aws/aws\-secretsmanager\-a
       - [\[ curl \]](#-curl--1)
       - [\[ Python \]](#-python--1)
   - [Configure the Secrets Manager Agent](#configure-the-secrets-manager-agent)
-  - [Optional features](#optional-features)
   - [Logging](#logging)
   - [Security considerations](#security-considerations)
-  - [Running Integration Tests Locally](#integration-tests-local)
+  - [Running Integration Tests Locally](#running-integration-tests-locally)
+    - [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
+    - [Required AWS Permissions](#required-aws-permissions)
+    - [Running Tests](#running-tests)
+      - [Option 1: Using the test script](#option-1-using-the-test-script)
+      - [Option 2: Manual execution](#option-2-manual-execution)
+    - [Test Organization](#test-organization)
 
 ## Step 1: Build the Secrets Manager Agent binary<a name="secrets-manager-agent-build"></a>
 
@@ -46,10 +51,6 @@ To build the Secrets Manager Agent binary natively, you need the standard develo
 
 Example: `git clone --branch <git tag> https://github.com/aws/aws-secretsmanager-agent.git`
 
-**NOTE:** Building the agent with the `fips` feature enabled on macOS currently requires the following workaround:
-
-- Create an environment variable called `SDKROOT` which is set to the result of running `xcrun --show-sdk-path`
-
 #### [ RPM\-based systems ]
 
 1. On RPM\-based systems such as AL2023, you can install the development tools by using the Development Tools group\.
@@ -468,11 +469,6 @@ The following list shows the options you can configure for the Secrets Manager A
 + **path\_prefix** – The URI prefix used to determine if the request is a path based request\. The default is "/v1/"\.
 + **max\_conn** – The maximum number of connections from HTTP clients that the Secrets Manager Agent allows, in the range 1 to 1000\. The default is 800\.
 
-## Optional features<a name="secrets-manager-agent-features"></a>
-
-The Secrets Manager Agent can be built with optional features by passing the `--features` flag to `cargo build`. The available features are:
-* `fips`: restricts the cipher suites used by the agent to only FIPS-approved ciphers
-
 ## Logging<a name="secrets-manager-agent-log"></a>
 
 The Secrets Manager Agent logs errors locally to the file `logs/secrets_manager_agent.log` or to stdout/stderr depending on the `log_to_file` config variable\. When your application calls the Secrets Manager Agent to get a secret, those calls appear in the local log\. They do not appear in the CloudTrail logs\. 
diff --git a/aws_secretsmanager_agent/Cargo.toml b/aws_secretsmanager_agent/Cargo.toml
index d3b29a6..b1bdf96 100644
--- a/aws_secretsmanager_agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aws_secretsmanager_agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,3 @@ aws-smithy-runtime = { version = "1", features = ["test-util"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["test-util", "rt-multi-thread", "net", "macros"] }
 http = "0.2.9"
 aws-smithy-types = "1"
-
-[features]
-fips = ["aws_secretsmanager_caching/fips"]
diff --git a/aws_secretsmanager_caching/Cargo.toml b/aws_secretsmanager_caching/Cargo.toml
index f7235bb..afbd1c1 100644
--- a/aws_secretsmanager_caching/Cargo.toml
+++ b/aws_secretsmanager_caching/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ tokio-test = "0.4.4"
 criterion = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["async_tokio", "html_reports"] }
 rand = "0.9.2"
 
-[features]
-fips = ["rustls/fips"]
-
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmark"
 harness = false