diff --git a/spinifex/lbagent/agent.go b/spinifex/lbagent/agent.go
index 4fffb401b..f2e409643 100644
--- a/spinifex/lbagent/agent.go
+++ b/spinifex/lbagent/agent.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ package lbagent
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -20,8 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/credentials"
-	v4 "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/signer/v4"
+	"github.com/mulgadc/predastore/auth"
 	"github.com/mulgadc/spinifex/internal/tlsconfig"
 )
 
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ type Agent struct {
 	pidPath    string
 	socketPath string // HAProxy stats socket
 
-	signer *v4.Signer
-	client *http.Client
+	accessKey string
+	secretKey string
+	client    *http.Client
 
 	localConfigHash string
 	stopCh          chan struct{}
@@ -70,9 +72,6 @@ func New(lbID, gatewayURL, accessKey, secretKey, region string) (*Agent, error)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("region is required")
 	}
 
-	creds := credentials.NewStaticCredentials(accessKey, secretKey, "")
-	signer := v4.NewSigner(creds)
-
 	// Use system CA trust store (CA cert injected via cloud-init ca_certs).
 	client := &http.Client{
 		Timeout: 10 * time.Second,
@@ -93,7 +92,8 @@ func New(lbID, gatewayURL, accessKey, secretKey, region string) (*Agent, error)
 		configPath: DefaultConfigPath,
 		pidPath:    DefaultPIDPath,
 		socketPath: fmt.Sprintf("/tmp/spinifex-haproxy/lb-%s.sock", lbID),
-		signer:     signer,
+		accessKey:  accessKey,
+		secretKey:  secretKey,
 		client:     client,
 		stopCh:     make(chan struct{}),
 		reloadFn:   reloadHAProxy,
@@ -238,8 +238,9 @@ func (a *Agent) signedPost(params url.Values) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
 
-	_, err = a.signer.Sign(req, bytes.NewReader([]byte(body)), "elasticloadbalancing", a.region, time.Now())
-	if err != nil {
+	sum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(body))
+	payloadHash := hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])
+	if err := auth.SignReq(req, a.accessKey, a.secretKey, payloadHash, "elasticloadbalancing", a.region); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sign request: %w", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/spinifex/lbagent/agent_test.go b/spinifex/lbagent/agent_test.go
index 54540087e..2129acb7c 100644
--- a/spinifex/lbagent/agent_test.go
+++ b/spinifex/lbagent/agent_test.go
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package lbagent
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/mulgadc/predastore/auth"
 )
 
 func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
@@ -68,6 +74,53 @@ func TestNew_SocketPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestSignedPost_ProducesVerifiableSignature confirms the migrated signing path
+// (predastore/auth.SignReq over aws-sdk-go-v2) produces a request the gateway's
+// SigV4 verifier accepts, including a body-hash that matches X-Amz-Content-Sha256.
+func TestSignedPost_ProducesVerifiableSignature(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		accessKey = "AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE"
+		secretKey = "wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY"
+		region    = "us-east-1"
+	)
+
+	var parsed bool
+	var verifyErr error
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		sum := sha256.Sum256(body)
+		req, err := auth.ParseReq(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			verifyErr = err
+			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusBadRequest)
+			return
+		}
+		parsed = true
+		verifyErr = req.Verify(secretKey, "elasticloadbalancing", region,
+			auth.WithBodyHash(hex.EncodeToString(sum[:])))
+		fmt.Fprint(w, "ok")
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	agent, err := New("lb-sig", srv.URL, accessKey, secretKey, region)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("New: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := agent.signedPost(url.Values{
+		"Action":         {"LBAgentHeartbeat"},
+		"LoadBalancerId": {"lb-sig"},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("signedPost: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !parsed {
+		t.Fatal("gateway did not parse a SigV4 Authorization header")
+	}
+	if verifyErr != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("signed request failed server-side verification: %v", verifyErr)
+	}
+}
+
 // fakeGateway returns a test server that responds to LBAgentHeartbeat and GetLBConfig.
 func fakeGateway(t *testing.T, configHash, configText, status string) *httptest.Server {
 	t.Helper()