diff --git a/.changes/next-release/bugfix-Types-7306bc23.json b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-Types-7306bc23.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00ad2add11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/next-release/bugfix-Types-7306bc23.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "type": "bugfix",
+  "category": "Types",
+  "description": "Update types for credential provider chain"
+}
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diff --git a/lib/credentials/credential_provider_chain.d.ts b/lib/credentials/credential_provider_chain.d.ts
index 2c102b298e..41cc00eca2 100644
--- a/lib/credentials/credential_provider_chain.d.ts
+++ b/lib/credentials/credential_provider_chain.d.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export class CredentialProviderChain {
     /**
      * Resolves the provider chain by searching for the first set of credentials in providers.
      */
-    resolve(callback:(err: AWSError, credentials: Credentials) => void): CredentialProviderChain;
+    resolve(callback:(err: AWSError|null, credentials?: Credentials) => void): CredentialProviderChain;
     /**
      * Return a Promise on resolve() function
      */
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class CredentialProviderChain {
     /**
      * Returns a list of credentials objects or functions that return credentials objects. If the provider is a function, the function will be executed lazily when the provider needs to be checked for valid credentials. By default, this object will be set to the defaultProviders.
      */
-    providers: Credentials[]|provider[];
+    providers: Array<Credentials|provider>;
 
     static defaultProviders: provider[]
 }