diff --git a/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMap.java b/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMap.java
index 12eee34f0842..7c9f29a2d053 100644
--- a/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMap.java
+++ b/utils/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMap.java
@@ -327,17 +327,17 @@ private void internalPut(Key<?> key, Value<?> value) {
          */
         private Value<?> internalComputeIfAbsent(Key<?> key, Supplier<Value<?>> value) {
             checkCopyOnUpdate();
-            return attributes.compute(key, (k, v) -> {
-                if (v == null || resolveValue(v) == null) {
-                    Value<?> newValue = value.get();
-                    Validate.notNull(newValue, "Supplied value must not be null.");
-                    if (v != null) {
-                        dependencyGraph.valueUpdated(v, newValue);
-                    }
-                    return newValue;
+            Value<?> currentValue = attributes.get(key);
+            if (currentValue == null || resolveValue(currentValue) == null) {
+                Value<?> newValue = value.get();
+                Validate.notNull(newValue, "Supplied value must not be null.");
+                if (currentValue != null) {
+                    dependencyGraph.valueUpdated(currentValue, newValue);
                 }
-                return v;
-            });
+                attributes.put(key, newValue);
+                return newValue;
+            }
+            return currentValue;
         }
 
         private void checkCopyOnUpdate() {
diff --git a/utils/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMapTest.java b/utils/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMapTest.java
index fc5a1c2a9d9b..2392996ddf2f 100644
--- a/utils/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMapTest.java
+++ b/utils/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/utils/AttributeMapTest.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
-import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
 
 public class AttributeMapTest {
 
@@ -158,6 +157,20 @@ public void lazyAttributes_notReResolvedAfterToBuilderBuild() {
         verify(lazyRead, Mockito.times(1)).run();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void lazyAttributes_canUpdateTheMap_andBeUpdatedWithPutLazyIfAbsent() {
+        AttributeMap.Builder map = AttributeMap.builder();
+        map.putLazyIfAbsent(STRING_KEY, c -> {
+            // Force a modification to the underlying map. We wouldn't usually do this so explicitly, but
+            // this can happen internally within AttributeMap when resolving uncached lazy values,
+            // so it needs to be possible.
+            map.put(INTEGER_KEY, 0);
+            return "string";
+        });
+        map.putLazyIfAbsent(STRING_KEY, c -> "string"); // Force the value to be resolved within the putLazyIfAbsent
+        assertThat(map.get(STRING_KEY)).isEqualTo("string");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void changesInBuilder_doNotAffectBuiltMap() {
         AttributeMap.Builder builder = mapBuilderWithLazyString();