diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-eks.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-eks.yml
index 0daf83a9..b88c848d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-eks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-eks.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ on:
     types: [ "trigger_deploy_release_event" ]
 
 env:
-  AWS_REGION: us-west-2                   # set this to your preferred AWS region, e.g. us-west-1\                                             # file, e.g. .aws/task-definition.json
-  CONTAINER_NAME: MY_CONTAINER_NAME       # set this to the name of the container in the
-                                          # containerDefinitions section of your task definition
+  AWS_REGION: us-west-2                   # set this to your preferred AWS region, e.g. us-west-1
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -61,41 +59,38 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Configure AWS credentials
-      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+      uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.1
       with:
         aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
         aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-        aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+        aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}   
 
-    - name: Login to Amazon ECR
-      id: login-ecr
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
+    # - name: Configure kubectl using Action
+    #   uses: actions-hub/kubectl@master
+    #   env: 
+    #     KUBE_CONFIG: ${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG }}
 
-    - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
-      id: build-image
-      env:
-        ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-        IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.sha }}
+    - name: Configure kubectl via Secret Env
+      env: 
+        KUBE_CONFIG: ${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG }}
+      run: | 
+        echo $KUBE_CONFIG > ${{ github.workspace  }}/kubeconfig
+        export KUBECONFIG=${{ github.workspace  }}/kubeconfig
+        kubectl config get-contexts
+        kubectl config use-context eks-uswest2-cluster
+        kubectl version
+
+    - name: Install AWS CLI
       run: |
-        # Build a docker container and
-        # push it to ECR so that it can
-        # be deployed to ECS.
-        docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
-        docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
-        echo "image=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
+        unzip awscliv2.zip
+        sudo ./aws/install
+        aws --version
+    
+    - name: Deploy to EKS
+      shell: pwsh
+      run: ${{ github.workspace }}/scripts/deploy.ps1
+         
+        
 
-    - name: Fill in the new image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
-      id: task-def
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
-      with:
-        task-definition: ${{ env.ECS_TASK_DEFINITION }}
-        container-name: ${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
-        image: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }}
 
-    - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v1
-      with:
-        task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def.outputs.task-definition }}
-        service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
-        cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
-        wait-for-service-stability: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
index 60d482ba..b1be7868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-publish.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ jobs:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
+      # write required for sending repository dispatch event
+      contents: write
+      # write required for uploading docker image to packages   
+      packages: write   
       # This is used to complete the identity challenge
       # with sigstore/fulcio when running outside of PRs.
       id-token: write