diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml b/.gitea/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
index d9a8812..ce797b8 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  id-token: write
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
@@ -36,13 +35,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Apply platform VPC
         working-directory: terraform/platform
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           terraform init -input=false -lock=false
           terraform apply -auto-approve -lock=false
@@ -68,17 +70,23 @@ jobs:
           wget -qO- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       - name: Apply (simple)
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --apply "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/simple.yml"
       - name: Modify (complex)
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --apply "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/complex.yml"
       - name: Destroy
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --destroy "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/complex.yml"
 
   # Cleanup: destroy the platform VPC (always runs, even if lifecycle fails)
@@ -97,14 +105,12 @@ jobs:
           wget -qO- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       - name: Destroy platform VPC
         working-directory: terraform/platform
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           terraform init -input=false -lock=false
           terraform destroy -auto-approve -lock=false
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml b/.github/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
index d9a8812..ce797b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modules-lifecycle.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  id-token: write
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
@@ -36,13 +35,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Apply platform VPC
         working-directory: terraform/platform
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           terraform init -input=false -lock=false
           terraform apply -auto-approve -lock=false
@@ -68,17 +70,23 @@ jobs:
           wget -qO- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       - name: Apply (simple)
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --apply "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/simple.yml"
       - name: Modify (complex)
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --apply "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/complex.yml"
       - name: Destroy
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: bash scripts/run_platform.sh --destroy "modules/l1/${{ matrix.module }}/examples/complex.yml"
 
   # Cleanup: destroy the platform VPC (always runs, even if lifecycle fails)
@@ -97,14 +105,12 @@ jobs:
           wget -qO- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg
           echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
           sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y terraform=1.9.*
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
       - name: Destroy platform VPC
         working-directory: terraform/platform
+        env:
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.ACDL_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: us-east-1
         run: |
           terraform init -input=false -lock=false
           terraform destroy -auto-approve -lock=false
\ No newline at end of file