diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
index af6971c61c..1f99a2919e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-cloud.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,15 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ !github.event.inputs.version }}
         id: version
         run: | 
-           sudo apt-get install -y jq 
            release_version=$(cat lerna.json | jq -r '.version')
            echo "::set-output name=release_version::$release_version"
+      
+      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: eu-west-1
 
       - name: Deploy to EKS
         uses: craftech-io/eks-helm-deploy-action@v1