diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ee16af82a..f132a4738 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.18.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-rfdk/compare/v0.18.0...v0.18.1) (2020-10-16)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deadline:** remove requirement of aws-sdk in stage-deadline ([3b66c1b](https://github.com/aws/aws-rfdk/commit/3b66c1bd10ff604fdb8523d71097b674b6795520))
+* **deadline:** use HTTPS to download index ([c626ba9](https://github.com/aws/aws-rfdk/commit/c626ba945005c841d5f46a45c917e040248b8e93))
+
 ## [0.18.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-rfdk/compare/v0.17.0...v0.18.0) (2020-10-13)
 
 
diff --git a/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/python/setup.py b/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/python/setup.py
index 2702c0076..76bc6f6a2 100644
--- a/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/python/setup.py
+++ b/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/python/setup.py
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(where="package"),
 
     install_requires=[
-        "aws-cdk.core==1.57.0",
-        "aws-rfdk==0.17.0"
+        "aws-cdk.core==1.66.0",
+        "aws-rfdk==0.18.1"
     ],
 
     python_requires=">=3.7",
diff --git a/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/ts/package.json b/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/ts/package.json
index c838cc123..b149d5c15 100644
--- a/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/ts/package.json
+++ b/examples/deadline/All-In-AWS-Infrastructure-Basic/ts/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "all-in-farm-basic",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "bin": {
     "app": "bin/app.js"
   },
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-cdk/core": "1.66.0",
-    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.0",
+    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.19"
   }
 }
diff --git a/integ/package.json b/integ/package.json
index 1a869dfea..496557e21 100644
--- a/integ/package.json
+++ b/integ/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "integ",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Integration tests for RFDK constructs",
   "bin": {
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.22.0",
     "eslint-plugin-license-header": "^0.2.0",
     "jest": "^26.4.2",
-    "pkglint": "0.18.0",
+    "pkglint": "0.18.1",
     "ts-jest": "^26.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-s3-assets": "1.66.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-secretsmanager": "1.66.0",
     "@aws-cdk/core": "1.66.0",
-    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.0",
+    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.1",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.741.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "@aws-cdk/aws-s3-assets": "1.66.0",
     "@aws-cdk/aws-secretsmanager": "1.66.0",
     "@aws-cdk/core": "1.66.0",
-    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.0",
+    "aws-rfdk": "0.18.1",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.741.0"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/lambda-layers/package.json b/lambda-layers/package.json
index 3e3eaef7f..007385131 100644
--- a/lambda-layers/package.json
+++ b/lambda-layers/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "lambda-layers",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Package containing scripts for building and publishing Lambda Layers",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 13f0ead66..2e32ea48a 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@
     "integ/"
   ],
   "rejectCycles": "true",
-  "version": "0.18.0"
+  "version": "0.18.1"
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d96cd4c5..7d2e043d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aws-rfdk-project",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "author": {
     "name": "Amazon Web Services",
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/bin/stage-deadline.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/bin/stage-deadline.ts
index fb9d2cdbe..3f4f843f1 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/bin/stage-deadline.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/bin/stage-deadline.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as url from 'url';
 import { types } from 'util';
-import {IUris, Platform, Product, VersionProvider } from '../lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider';
+import {
+  IUris,
+  Platform,
+  Product,
+  VersionProvider,
+} from '../lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider';
 import { Version } from '../lib/deadline';
 
 const args = process.argv.slice(2);
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/index.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..180ad2437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+export * from './version-provider';
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/test/version-provider.test.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/test/version-provider.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/test/version-provider.test.ts
rename to packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/test/version-provider.test.ts
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/version-provider.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/version-provider.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/version-provider.ts
rename to packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/version-provider.ts
index 6a27d2dd0..7f9b76a8a 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/version-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/lib/version-provider/version-provider.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as http from 'http';
+import * as https from 'https';
 import * as url from 'url';
 
 export enum Platform {
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ export class VersionProvider {
     };
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      http.get(options, (res: http.IncomingMessage) => {
+      https.get(options, (res: http.IncomingMessage) => {
         let json = '';
 
         res.on('data', (chunk: any) => {
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/handler.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/handler.ts
index b8cca78d9..dccb8482f 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/handler.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   IVersionProviderProperties,
   IVersionedUris,
   Platform,
-} from './version-provider';
+} from '../lib/version-provider';
 
 
 export class VersionProviderResource extends SimpleCustomResource {
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/index.ts b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/index.ts
index 9b8a8b5eb..761a8c9dd 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/index.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/lib/core/lambdas/nodejs/version-provider/index.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
  */
 
 export * from './handler';
-export * from './version-provider';
diff --git a/packages/aws-rfdk/package.json b/packages/aws-rfdk/package.json
index a66560aa3..0c4896d57 100644
--- a/packages/aws-rfdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/aws-rfdk/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "aws-rfdk",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "private": false,
   "description": "Package for core render farm constructs",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@
     "@types/sinon": "^9.0.8",
     "aws-sdk": "^2.741.0",
     "aws-sdk-mock": "^5.1.0",
-    "cdk-build-tools": "0.18.0",
+    "cdk-build-tools": "0.18.1",
     "dynalite": "^3.2.1",
-    "pkglint": "0.18.0",
+    "pkglint": "0.18.1",
     "sinon": "^9.2.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json b/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
index 759b5d5a8..b4869a989 100644
--- a/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
+++ b/tools/cdk-build-tools/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "cdk-build-tools",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "description": "Tools package with shared build scripts for CDK packages",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.10",
     "@types/yargs": "^15.0.7",
     "eslint-plugin-license-header": "^0.2.0",
-    "pkglint": "0.18.0"
+    "pkglint": "0.18.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^3.10.1",
diff --git a/tools/pkglint/package.json b/tools/pkglint/package.json
index 50372a80e..71ad4a0f2 100644
--- a/tools/pkglint/package.json
+++ b/tools/pkglint/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pkglint",
-  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "version": "0.18.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Validate and fix package.json files",
   "main": "lib/index.js",