diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws.yml b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
index 8021690..2e8f1dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ jobs:
         # Build a docker container and
         # push it to ECR so that it can
         # be deployed to ECS.
-        docker build --secret id=GIT_API_TOKEN,src=$GIT_API_TOKEN -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
+        export GIT_API_TOKEN=$GIT_API_TOKEN
+        docker build --secret id=GIT_API_TOKEN,src=GIT_API_TOKEN -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