diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_vz_api.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_vz_api.yml
index b37dafdee..a7b149d4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_vz_api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_vz_api.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       # Get the code first
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: "Install AWS Cli"
+        run: |
+          pip3 install awscli
       # Run the shell commands using the AWS environment variables
       - name: "Build"
         env: