diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/dynamodb.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/dynamodb.py
index 4c38bb5cf6..b999df218a 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/dynamodb.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/dynamodb.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, **properties: str):
         super().__init__(name, **properties)
 
         session = boto3.Session(
-            profile_name=get_first_property_value(properties, DYNAMODB_PROFILE_NAME),
+            profile_name=properties.get(DYNAMODB_PROFILE_NAME),
             region_name=get_first_property_value(properties, DYNAMODB_REGION, AWS_REGION),
             aws_access_key_id=get_first_property_value(properties, DYNAMODB_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
             aws_secret_access_key=get_first_property_value(properties, DYNAMODB_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),
diff --git a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
index cd949de075..758d66a36e 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/catalog/glue.py
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ def __init__(self, name: str, **properties: Any):
         super().__init__(name, **properties)
 
         session = boto3.Session(
-            profile_name=get_first_property_value(properties, GLUE_PROFILE_NAME),
+            profile_name=properties.get(GLUE_PROFILE_NAME),
             region_name=get_first_property_value(properties, GLUE_REGION, AWS_REGION),
             aws_access_key_id=get_first_property_value(properties, GLUE_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID),
             aws_secret_access_key=get_first_property_value(properties, GLUE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY),