diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/aws-dev.yml
index 62f5ca62..ac89f008 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws-dev.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ jobs:
       id: login-ecr
       uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v1
 
+    - name: set sdk dependency to 'latest' & set up .npmrc to connect to github packages
+      run: |
+        echo $(jq '.dependencies."@kiltprotocol/sdk-js"="latest"' package.json) > package.json
+        mv -f .npmrc.github .npmrc
+
     - name: Build, tag, and push image to Amazon ECR
       id: build-image
       env:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f4d91ecd..4e434fb3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ARG NODE_VERSION=10
 FROM node:${NODE_VERSION}-alpine as develop
+ARG NODE_AUTH_TOKEN=""
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@ RUN yarn install
 
 COPY . ./
 
+RUN rm -f .npmrc
+
 EXPOSE 3001
 CMD [ "yarn", "start" ]