diff --git a/samples/aws/README.md b/samples/aws/README.md
index bdb30c2bb..116af409f 100644
--- a/samples/aws/README.md
+++ b/samples/aws/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
 export SERVICE=es # use "aoss" for OpenSearch Serverless.
 export ENDPOINT=https://....us-west-2.es.amazonaws.com
 
-poetry run aws/search_urllib.py
+poetry run python aws/search_urllib_sync.py
+poetry run python aws/search_urllib_async.py
 ```
 
 This will output the version of OpenSearch and a search result.
diff --git a/samples/aws/search_urllib3_async.py b/samples/aws/search_urllib3_async.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1754bbc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/aws/search_urllib3_async.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+#
+# Modifications Copyright OpenSearch Contributors. See
+# GitHub history for details.
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+from os import environ
+from time import sleep
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+from boto3 import Session
+
+from opensearchpy import AsyncHttpConnection, AsyncOpenSearch, AWSV4SignerAsyncAuth
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    """
+    1. connects to an OpenSearch cluster on AWS defined by environment variables
+    (i.e. ENDPOINT - cluster endpoint like my-test-domain.us-east-1.es.
+    amazonaws.com; AWS_REGION like us-east-1, us-west-2; and SERVICE like es which
+    differentiates between serverless and the managed service.
+    2. creates an index called "movies" and adds a single document
+    3. queries for that document
+    4. deletes the document
+    5. deletes the index
+    """
+    # verbose logging
+    logging.basicConfig(format="%(levelname)s:%(message)s", level=logging.INFO)
+
+    url = urlparse(environ["ENDPOINT"])
+    region = environ.get("AWS_REGION", "us-east-1")
+    service = environ.get("SERVICE", "es")
+
+    credentials = Session().get_credentials()
+
+    auth = AWSV4SignerAsyncAuth(credentials, region, service)
+
+    client = AsyncOpenSearch(
+        hosts=[{"host": url.netloc, "port": url.port or 443}],
+        http_auth=auth,
+        use_ssl=True,
+        verify_certs=True,
+        connection_class=AsyncHttpConnection,
+        timeout=30,
+    )
+
+    # TODO: remove when OpenSearch Serverless adds support for /
+    if service == "es":
+        info = await client.info()
+        print(f"{info['version']['distribution']}: {info['version']['number']}")
+
+    # create an index
+    index = "movies"
+    await client.indices.create(index=index)
+
+    try:
+        # index data
+        document = {"director": "Bennett Miller", "title": "Moneyball", "year": 2011}
+        await client.index(index=index, body=document, id="1")
+
+        # wait for the document to index
+        sleep(1)
+
+        # search for the document
+        results = await client.search(body={"query": {"match": {"director": "miller"}}})
+        for hit in results["hits"]["hits"]:
+            print(hit["_source"])
+
+        # delete the document
+        await client.delete(index=index, id="1")
+    finally:
+        # delete the index
+        await client.indices.delete(index=index)
+        await client.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    loop.run_until_complete(main())
+    loop.close()
diff --git a/samples/aws/search_urllib3.py b/samples/aws/search_urllib3_sync.py
similarity index 100%
rename from samples/aws/search_urllib3.py
rename to samples/aws/search_urllib3_sync.py