diff --git a/pages/s3-resource-selector/data/i18n-strings.ts b/pages/s3-resource-selector/data/i18n-strings.ts
index 061966ea69..193622d12f 100644
--- a/pages/s3-resource-selector/data/i18n-strings.ts
+++ b/pages/s3-resource-selector/data/i18n-strings.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const i18nStrings: S3ResourceSelectorProps.I18nStrings = {
   modalCancelButton: 'Cancel',
   modalSubmitButton: 'Choose',
   modalBreadcrumbRootItem: 'S3 buckets',
+  modalLastUpdatedText: 'Last updated',
 
   selectionBuckets: 'Buckets',
   selectionObjects: 'Objects',
diff --git a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
index 0c865f46ef..a319b2abbc 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/documenter.test.ts.snap
@@ -12859,6 +12859,11 @@ The function will be called when a user clicks on the trigger button.",
             "optional": true,
             "type": "string",
           },
+          Object {
+            "name": "modalLastUpdatedText",
+            "optional": true,
+            "type": "string",
+          },
           Object {
             "name": "modalSubmitButton",
             "optional": true,
diff --git a/src/s3-resource-selector/__tests__/fixtures.ts b/src/s3-resource-selector/__tests__/fixtures.ts
index 2c856bb455..0c5e09427d 100644
--- a/src/s3-resource-selector/__tests__/fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/s3-resource-selector/__tests__/fixtures.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export const i18nStrings: S3ResourceSelectorProps.I18nStrings = {
   modalCancelButton: 'Cancel',
   modalSubmitButton: 'Choose',
   modalBreadcrumbRootItem: 'S3 buckets',
+  modalLastUpdatedText: 'Last updated',
 
   selectionBuckets: 'Buckets',
   selectionObjects: 'Objects',
diff --git a/src/s3-resource-selector/interfaces.ts b/src/s3-resource-selector/interfaces.ts
index d007e792b3..982381d1af 100644
--- a/src/s3-resource-selector/interfaces.ts
+++ b/src/s3-resource-selector/interfaces.ts
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ export namespace S3ResourceSelectorProps {
     modalCancelButton?: string;
     modalSubmitButton?: string;
     modalBreadcrumbRootItem?: string;
+    modalLastUpdatedText?: string;
 
     selectionBuckets?: string;
     selectionObjects?: string;
diff --git a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/__tests__/fetching.test.tsx b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/__tests__/fetching.test.tsx
index 279237699e..b6643e4240 100644
--- a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/__tests__/fetching.test.tsx
+++ b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/__tests__/fetching.test.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import React from 'react';
-import { act, render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { act, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 
 import { S3Modal } from '../../../../lib/components/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal';
 import createWrapper, { ElementWrapper } from '../../../../lib/components/test-utils/dom';
-import { buckets, objects, versions, waitForFetch } from '../../__tests__/fixtures';
+import { buckets, i18nStrings, objects, versions, waitForFetch } from '../../__tests__/fixtures';
 import { getElementsText, modalDefaultProps, navigateToTableItem } from './utils';
 
+import styles from '../../../../lib/components/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/styles.css.js';
+
 jest.setTimeout(30_000);
 
 async function renderModal(jsx: React.ReactElement) {
@@ -126,3 +128,74 @@ test('dives into folders containing slashes in names', async () => {
   await navigateToTableItem(wrapper, 1);
   expect(fetchObjectsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('bucket-laborum', 'folder/folder///final');
 });
+
+describe('last updated status text', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const lastUpdatedDate = new Date('2024-01-02T10:00:00.000Z');
+    jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(lastUpdatedDate);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.useRealTimers();
+  });
+
+  test('shows the last updated once the initial fetch is done', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await renderModal(<S3Modal {...modalDefaultProps} />);
+    const lastUpdated = wrapper.findByClassName(styles['last-updated-caption'])!.getElement();
+
+    expect(lastUpdated).toHaveTextContent('Last updatedJanuary 2, 2024, 10:00:00 (UTC)');
+  });
+
+  test('renders the last updated time within the aria-live region', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await renderModal(<S3Modal {...modalDefaultProps} />);
+    const lastUpdated = wrapper.findByClassName(styles['last-updated-caption'])!.find('[aria-live]')!.getElement();
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      /**
+       * <LiveRegion /> component is using innerText for setting the span element's text content.
+       * To populate the textContent from innerText, layout engine is required which JSDom doesn't have.
+       * So falling back to assert against innerText rather than the textContent.
+       */
+      expect(lastUpdated.innerText).toBe('Last updated January 2, 2024, 10:00:00 (UTC)');
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('updates the "last updated" once the refresh button is clicked and the request is settled', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await renderModal(<S3Modal {...modalDefaultProps} />);
+
+    const refreshFetchDate = new Date('2024-01-02T11:00:00.000Z');
+    jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(refreshFetchDate);
+    screen.getByRole('button', { name: i18nStrings.labelRefresh }).click();
+    await waitForFetch();
+
+    const lastUpdated = wrapper.findByClassName(styles['last-updated-caption'])!.getElement();
+    expect(lastUpdated).toHaveTextContent('Last updatedJanuary 2, 2024, 11:00:00 (UTC)');
+  });
+
+  test('does not render "Last updated" when the i18n label is not specified', async () => {
+    const wrapper = await renderModal(
+      <S3Modal
+        {...modalDefaultProps}
+        i18nStrings={{ ...modalDefaultProps.i18nStrings, modalLastUpdatedText: undefined }}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const lastUpdated = wrapper.findByClassName(styles['last-updated-caption']);
+    expect(lastUpdated).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  test('does not render "Last updated" while the initial loading is in progress', async () => {
+    const fetchBuckets = jest.fn().mockReturnValue(
+      new Promise(() => {
+        // never resolving promise
+      })
+    );
+    const wrapper = await renderModal(<S3Modal {...modalDefaultProps} fetchBuckets={fetchBuckets} />);
+
+    const refreshFetchDate = new Date('2024-01-02T11:00:00.000Z');
+    jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(refreshFetchDate);
+
+    const lastUpdated = wrapper.findByClassName(styles['last-updated-caption']);
+    expect(lastUpdated).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/basic-table.tsx b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/basic-table.tsx
index ac7e5c36c0..66dc249747 100644
--- a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/basic-table.tsx
+++ b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/basic-table.tsx
@@ -5,12 +5,16 @@ import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useCollection } from '@cloudscape-design/collection-hooks';
 import { useStableCallback } from '@cloudscape-design/component-toolkit/internal';
 
+import InternalBox from '../../box/internal';
 import { InternalButton } from '../../button/internal';
 import InternalHeader from '../../header/internal';
 import { ComponentFormatFunction } from '../../i18n/context';
+import LiveRegion from '../../internal/components/live-region';
 import useForwardFocus, { ForwardFocusRef } from '../../internal/hooks/forward-focus';
+import formatDateLocalized from '../../internal/utils/date-time/format-date-localized';
 import { PaginationProps } from '../../pagination/interfaces';
 import InternalPagination from '../../pagination/internal';
+import InternalSpaceBetween from '../../space-between/internal';
 import { TableProps } from '../../table/interfaces';
 import InternalTable from '../../table/internal';
 import { TextFilterProps } from '../../text-filter/interfaces';
@@ -18,6 +22,8 @@ import InternalTextFilter from '../../text-filter/internal';
 import { S3ResourceSelectorProps } from '../interfaces';
 import { EmptyState } from './empty-state';
 
+import styles from './styles.css.js';
+
 interface BasicS3TableStrings<T> {
   labelRefresh?: string;
   labelsPagination?: PaginationProps.Labels;
@@ -27,6 +33,7 @@ interface BasicS3TableStrings<T> {
   filteringAriaLabel?: string;
   filteringClearAriaLabel?: string;
   filteringCounterText?: S3ResourceSelectorProps.I18nStrings['filteringCounterText'];
+  lastUpdatedText?: string;
   emptyText?: string;
   noMatchTitle?: string;
   noMatchSubtitle?: string;
@@ -51,7 +58,7 @@ interface BasicS3TableProps<T> {
 export function getSharedI18Strings(
   i18n: ComponentFormatFunction<'s3-resource-selector'>,
   i18nStrings: S3ResourceSelectorProps.I18nStrings | undefined
-) {
+): BasicS3TableStrings<unknown> {
   return {
     filteringCounterText: i18n(
       'i18nStrings.filteringCounterText',
@@ -64,6 +71,7 @@ export function getSharedI18Strings(
     noMatchSubtitle: i18n('i18nStrings.filteringCantFindMatch', i18nStrings?.filteringCantFindMatch),
     clearFilterButtonText: i18n('i18nStrings.clearFilterButtonText', i18nStrings?.clearFilterButtonText),
     filteringClearAriaLabel: i18nStrings?.labelClearFilter,
+    lastUpdatedText: i18n('i18nStrings.modalLastUpdatedText', i18nStrings?.modalLastUpdatedText),
   };
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +88,7 @@ export function BasicS3Table<T>({
 }: BasicS3TableProps<T>) {
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [allItems, setAllItems] = useState<ReadonlyArray<T>>([]);
+  const [lastUpdated, setLastUpdated] = useState<Date>();
   const textFilterRef = useRef<TextFilterProps.Ref>(null);
   const onSelectLatest = useStableCallback(onSelect);
 
@@ -87,6 +96,7 @@ export function BasicS3Table<T>({
     setLoading(true);
     fetchData()
       .then(items => {
+        setLastUpdated(new Date());
         setAllItems(items);
         setLoading(false);
       })
@@ -142,7 +152,7 @@ export function BasicS3Table<T>({
         <InternalHeader
           variant={isVisualRefresh ? 'h3' : 'h2'}
           headingTagOverride={'h3'}
-          actions={<InternalButton iconName="refresh" ariaLabel={i18nStrings.labelRefresh} onClick={loadData} />}
+          actions={<InternalHeaderActions<T> loadData={loadData} i18nStrings={i18nStrings} lastUpdated={lastUpdated} />}
           counter={selectedItem ? `(1/${allItems.length})` : `(${allItems.length})`}
         >
           {i18nStrings.header}
@@ -172,3 +182,38 @@ export function BasicS3Table<T>({
     />
   );
 }
+
+interface InternalHeaderActionsProps<T> {
+  loadData: () => void;
+  i18nStrings: BasicS3TableProps<T>['i18nStrings'];
+  lastUpdated: Date | undefined;
+}
+
+export function InternalHeaderActions<T>({ i18nStrings, loadData, lastUpdated }: InternalHeaderActionsProps<T>) {
+  function getLastUpdated() {
+    if (!lastUpdated || !i18nStrings.lastUpdatedText) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const formattedDate = formatDateLocalized({
+      date: lastUpdated.toString(),
+      isDateOnly: false,
+    });
+
+    return (
+      <InternalBox className={styles['last-updated-caption']}>
+        {i18nStrings.lastUpdatedText}
+        <br />
+        {formattedDate}
+        <LiveRegion visible={false} source={[i18nStrings.lastUpdatedText, formattedDate]} />
+      </InternalBox>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <InternalSpaceBetween size="s" direction="horizontal" alignItems="center">
+      {getLastUpdated()}
+      <InternalButton iconName="refresh" ariaLabel={i18nStrings.labelRefresh} onClick={loadData} />
+    </InternalSpaceBetween>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/styles.scss b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/styles.scss
index abbce55297..755bde2754 100644
--- a/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/styles.scss
+++ b/src/s3-resource-selector/s3-modal/styles.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
+@use '../../internal/styles/tokens.scss' as awsui;
 
 .modal-actions {
   justify-content: flex-end;
@@ -10,3 +11,10 @@
 .submit-button {
   /* used in test-utils */
 }
+
+.last-updated-caption {
+  @include styles.font-heading-xs;
+
+  text-align: end;
+  color: awsui.$color-text-status-inactive;
+}