diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/s3.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/s3.py
index 18405ca17d7b1..5f9fe62d3e9d6 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/s3.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/s3.py
@@ -1297,6 +1297,7 @@ def copy_object(
         dest_bucket_name: str | None = None,
         source_version_id: str | None = None,
         acl_policy: str | None = None,
+        meta_data_directive: str | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -1326,10 +1327,14 @@ def copy_object(
         :param source_version_id: Version ID of the source object (OPTIONAL)
         :param acl_policy: The string to specify the canned ACL policy for the
             object to be copied which is private by default.
+        :param meta_data_directive: Whether to `COPY` the metadata from the source object or `REPLACE` it
+            with metadata that's provided in the request.
         """
         acl_policy = acl_policy or "private"
         if acl_policy != NO_ACL:
             kwargs["ACL"] = acl_policy
+        if meta_data_directive:
+            kwargs["MetadataDirective"] = meta_data_directive
 
         dest_bucket_name, dest_bucket_key = self.get_s3_bucket_key(
             dest_bucket_name, dest_bucket_key, "dest_bucket_name", "dest_bucket_key"
diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/s3.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/s3.py
index 998c7a81065dc..6ab2ba6750892 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/s3.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/operators/s3.py
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ class S3CopyObjectOperator(BaseOperator):
                  CA cert bundle than the one used by botocore.
     :param acl_policy: String specifying the canned ACL policy for the file being
         uploaded to the S3 bucket.
+    :param meta_data_directive: Whether to `COPY` the metadata from the source object or `REPLACE` it with
+        metadata that's provided in the request.
     """
 
     template_fields: Sequence[str] = (
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ def __init__(
         aws_conn_id: str | None = "aws_default",
         verify: str | bool | None = None,
         acl_policy: str | None = None,
+        meta_data_directive: str | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.aws_conn_id = aws_conn_id
         self.verify = verify
         self.acl_policy = acl_policy
+        self.meta_data_directive = meta_data_directive
 
     def execute(self, context: Context):
         s3_hook = S3Hook(aws_conn_id=self.aws_conn_id, verify=self.verify)
@@ -324,6 +328,7 @@ def execute(self, context: Context):
             self.dest_bucket_name,
             self.source_version_id,
             self.acl_policy,
+            self.meta_data_directive,
         )
 
     def get_openlineage_facets_on_start(self):
diff --git a/providers/tests/system/amazon/aws/example_comprehend_document_classifier.py b/providers/tests/system/amazon/aws/example_comprehend_document_classifier.py
index 160e3f3cadf84..4a103a9265372 100644
--- a/providers/tests/system/amazon/aws/example_comprehend_document_classifier.py
+++ b/providers/tests/system/amazon/aws/example_comprehend_document_classifier.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     ComprehendCreateDocumentClassifierOperator,
 )
 from airflow.providers.amazon.aws.operators.s3 import (
+    S3CopyObjectOperator,
     S3CreateBucketOperator,
     S3CreateObjectOperator,
     S3DeleteBucketOperator,
@@ -140,7 +141,14 @@ def copy_data_to_s3(bucket: str, sources: list[dict], prefix: str, number_of_cop
     http_to_s3_configs = [
         {
             "endpoint": source["endpoint"],
-            "s3_key": f"{prefix}/{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[0]}-{counter}{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[1]}",
+            "s3_key": f"{prefix}/{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[0]}-0{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[1]}",
+        }
+        for source in sources
+    ]
+    copy_to_s3_configs = [
+        {
+            "source_bucket_key": f"{prefix}/{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[0]}-0{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[1]}",
+            "dest_bucket_key": f"{prefix}/{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[0]}-{counter}{os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(source['fileName']))[1]}",
         }
         for counter in range(number_of_copies)
         for source in sources
@@ -170,7 +178,14 @@ def delete_connection(conn_id):
         s3_bucket=bucket,
     ).expand_kwargs(http_to_s3_configs)
 
-    chain(create_connection(http_conn_id), http_to_s3_task, delete_connection(http_conn_id))
+    s3_copy_task = S3CopyObjectOperator.partial(
+        task_id="s3_copy_task",
+        source_bucket_name=bucket,
+        dest_bucket_name=bucket,
+        meta_data_directive="REPLACE",
+    ).expand_kwargs(copy_to_s3_configs)
+
+    chain(create_connection(http_conn_id), http_to_s3_task, s3_copy_task, delete_connection(http_conn_id))
 
 
 with DAG(