diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml b/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
index de5f55297a54525ab0b05d871ee8938df978d2e9..a1dc1fd130a1e35c3cc3a8fcb2dfe44ba2821269 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.elife.k8s.yml
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ stages:
 
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
-  image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
+  image: jakexks/kubectl-helm-aws:latest
   environment: production
   script:
-      #aws --region=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION eks update-kubeconfig --name $ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME --kubeconfig ${ELIFE_KUBECONFIG}
-      - kubectl config --kubeconfig=${ELIFE_KUBECONFIG} set-cluster development --server=${ELIFE_K8S_CLUSTER_HOST} --certificate-authority=${ELIFE_K8S_CLUSTER_CA_CERTIFICATE}
-      - kubectl cluster-info
-      # helm repo add kotahi https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-      # helm dependency build helm/elife-kotahi
-      # helm upgrade -i elife-kotahi \
-      #       --set hostname=k8s.kotahi.cloud \
-      #       --wait \
-      #       helm/elife-kotahi
+      - |
+        aws --region=$AWS_DEFAULT_REGION eks update-kubeconfig --name $ELIFE_CLUSTER_NAME --kubeconfig ${ELIFE_KUBECONFIG}
+        kubectl cluster-info
+        # helm repo add kotahi https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
+        # helm dependency build helm/elife-kotahi
+        # helm upgrade -i elife-kotahi \
+        #       --set hostname=k8s.kotahi.cloud \
+        #       --wait \
+        #       helm/elife-kotahi