diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cf2250df..aedd7699 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Add release workflows ([#240](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/240))
 - Added SigV4 support for Async Opensearch Client ([#254](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/254))
 - Compatibility with OpenSearch 2.1.0 - 2.4.1 ([#257](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/257))
+- Adding explicit parameters for AIOHttpConnection and AsyncTransport ([#276](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/276))
 ### Changed
 - Updated getting started to user guide ([#233](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/233))
 - Updated CA certificate handling to check OpenSSL environment variables before defaulting to certifi ([#196](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/196))
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
index 20e89ea0..6f96997e 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ class AIOHttpConnection(AsyncConnection):
         self,
         host="localhost",
         port=None,
+        url_prefix="",
+        timeout=10,
         http_auth=None,
         use_ssl=False,
         verify_certs=VERIFY_CERTS_DEFAULT,
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ class AIOHttpConnection(AsyncConnection):
         super().__init__(
             host=host,
             port=port,
+            url_prefix=url_prefix,
+            timeout=timeout,
             use_ssl=use_ssl,
             headers=headers,
             http_compress=http_compress,
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
index c82a7ee8..f148830c 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/http_aiohttp.pyi
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class AIOHttpConnection(AsyncConnection):
         self,
         host: str = ...,
         port: Optional[int] = ...,
+        url_prefix: str = ...,
+        timeout: int = ...,
         http_auth: Optional[Any] = ...,
         use_ssl: bool = ...,
         verify_certs: bool = ...,
diff --git a/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py b/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
index 5c7b8d8b..65b2bdec 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/_async/transport.py
@@ -30,13 +30,15 @@ import logging
 import sys
 from itertools import chain
 
+from ..connection_pool import ConnectionPool
 from ..exceptions import (
     ConnectionError,
     ConnectionTimeout,
     SerializationError,
     TransportError,
 )
-from ..transport import Transport
+from ..serializer import JSONSerializer
+from ..transport import Transport, get_host_info
 from .compat import get_running_loop
 from .http_aiohttp import AIOHttpConnection
 
@@ -53,7 +55,25 @@ class AsyncTransport(Transport):
 
     DEFAULT_CONNECTION_CLASS = AIOHttpConnection
 
-    def __init__(self, hosts, *args, sniff_on_start=False, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        hosts,
+        connection_class=None,
+        connection_pool_class=ConnectionPool,
+        host_info_callback=get_host_info,
+        sniff_on_start=False,
+        sniffer_timeout=None,
+        sniff_timeout=0.1,
+        sniff_on_connection_fail=False,
+        serializer=JSONSerializer(),
+        serializers=None,
+        default_mimetype="application/json",
+        max_retries=3,
+        retry_on_status=(502, 503, 504),
+        retry_on_timeout=False,
+        send_get_body_as="GET",
+        **kwargs
+    ):
         """
         :arg hosts: list of dictionaries, each containing keyword arguments to
             create a `connection_class` instance
@@ -97,7 +117,22 @@ class AsyncTransport(Transport):
         self._sniff_on_start_event = None  # type: asyncio.Event
 
         super(AsyncTransport, self).__init__(
-            *args, hosts=[], sniff_on_start=False, **kwargs
+            hosts=[],
+            connection_class=connection_class,
+            connection_pool_class=connection_pool_class,
+            host_info_callback=host_info_callback,
+            sniff_on_start=False,
+            sniffer_timeout=sniffer_timeout,
+            sniff_timeout=sniff_timeout,
+            sniff_on_connection_fail=sniff_on_connection_fail,
+            serializer=serializer,
+            serializers=serializers,
+            default_mimetype=default_mimetype,
+            max_retries=max_retries,
+            retry_on_status=retry_on_status,
+            retry_on_timeout=retry_on_timeout,
+            send_get_body_as=send_get_body_as,
+            **kwargs
         )
 
         # Since we defer connections / sniffing to not occur