diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 03aa4a4e8..b6370a7a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@ jobs:
         run: ./build.sh publishcontainers
 
   release-lambda:
+    environment: 
+      name: link-index-updater-prod
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - release-drafter
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      id-token: write
+    env: 
+      ZIP_FILE: link-index-updater-lambda.zip
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -81,13 +86,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get bootstrap binary
         run: |
           docker cp $(docker create --name tc publish-links-index:latest):/app/.artifacts/publish ./.artifacts && docker rm tc
-
-      # TODO publish to AWS
+      
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@ececac1a45f3b08a01d2dd070d28d111c5fe6722 # v4.1.0
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::197730964718:role/elastic-docs-v3-link-index-updater-deployer
+          aws-region: us-east-2
+          
+      - name: Upload Lambda function
+        run: |        
+          zip "${ZIP_FILE}" .artifacts/docs-lambda-index-publisher/release_linux-x64/bootstrap
+          aws lambda update-function-code \
+            --function-name elastic-docs-v3-link-index-updater \
+            --zip-file "fileb://${ZIP_FILE}"
+      
       - name: Attach Distribution to release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: gh release upload ${{ needs.release-drafter.outputs.tag_name }} .artifacts/docs-lambda-index-publisher/release_linux-x64/bootstrap
-        shell: bash
+        run: gh release upload ${{ needs.release-drafter.outputs.tag_name }} "${ZIP_FILE}"
 
   release:
     needs: