diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 437c7620..ee42c5d4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## [v0.5.2] 2023-04-21
+* bug fixes:
+    * Fixing #230 by removing Benedict as the dict handler, thanks to @psarka!
+    * S3 credential endpoints are tried woth tokens and basic auth until all the DAACs accept the same auth
+
+* Core dependencies:
+    * Removed Benedict as the default dict for JSON coming from CMR.
 
 ## [v0.5.1] 2023-03-20
 
@@ -96,7 +102,8 @@
 - Add basic classes to interact with NASA CMR, EDL and cloud access.
 - Basic object formatting.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/compare/v0.5.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/compare/v0.5.2...HEAD
+[v0.5.2]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/releases/tag/v0.5.2
 [v0.5.1]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/releases/tag/v0.5.1
 [v0.5.0]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/releases/tag/v0.4.0
 [v0.4.7]: https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess/releases/tag/v0.4.7
diff --git a/earthaccess/api.py b/earthaccess/api.py
index 71d367ad..e12e6414 100644
--- a/earthaccess/api.py
+++ b/earthaccess/api.py
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ def get_s3_credentials(
     Returns:
         a dictionary with S3 credentials for the DAAC or provider
     """
+    if daac is not None:
+        daac = daac.upper()
+    if provider is not None:
+        provider = provider.upper()
     return earthaccess.__auth__.get_s3_credentials(daac=daac, provider=provider)
 
 
diff --git a/earthaccess/auth.py b/earthaccess/auth.py
index 9e727221..cf0cd971 100644
--- a/earthaccess/auth.py
+++ b/earthaccess/auth.py
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ def refresh_tokens(self) -> bool:
     def get_s3_credentials(
         self, daac: Optional[str] = "", provider: Optional[str] = ""
     ) -> Dict[str, str]:
-        """Gets AWS S3 credentials for a given NASA cloud provider
+        """Gets AWS S3 credentials for a given NASA cloud provider, the
+        easier way is to use the DAAC short name. provider is optional if we know it.
 
         Parameters:
             provider: A valid cloud provider, each DAAC has a provider code for their cloud distributions
@@ -159,15 +160,26 @@ def get_s3_credentials(
                     cumulus_resp.url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=15
                 )
                 if not (auth_resp.ok):  # type: ignore
-                    print(
-                        f"Authentication with Earthdata Login failed with:\n{auth_resp.text[0:1000]}"
+                    # Let's try to authenticate with Bearer tokens
+                    _session = self.get_session()
+                    cumulus_resp = _session.get(
+                        auth_url, timeout=15, allow_redirects=True
                     )
-                    eula_url = "https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/users/earthaccess/unaccepted_eulas"
-                    apps_url = "https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/application_search"
-                    print(
-                        f"Consider accepting the EULAs available at {eula_url} and applications at {apps_url}"
+                    auth_resp = _session.get(
+                        cumulus_resp.url, allow_redirects=True, timeout=15
                     )
-                    return {}
+                    if not (auth_resp.ok):
+                        print(
+                            f"Authentication with Earthdata Login failed with:\n{auth_resp.text[0:1000]}"
+                        )
+                        eula_url = "https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/users/earthaccess/unaccepted_eulas"
+                        apps_url = "https://urs.earthdata.nasa.gov/application_search"
+                        print(
+                            f"Consider accepting the EULAs available at {eula_url} and applications at {apps_url}"
+                        )
+                        return {}
+
+                    return auth_resp.json()
                 return auth_resp.json()
             else:
                 # This happens if the cloud provider doesn't list the S3 credentials or the DAAC
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b185b1c4..82cc80fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "earthaccess"
-version = "0.5.1"
+version = "0.5.2"
 homepage = "https://github.com/nsidc/earthaccess"
 description = "Client library for NASA Earthdata APIs"
 authors = ["earthaccess contributors"]