diff --git a/.circleci/build_and_push.sh b/.circleci/build_and_push.sh
index 1b2c12b..e86fbb7 100755
--- a/.circleci/build_and_push.sh
+++ b/.circleci/build_and_push.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ set -e
 aws ecr get-login --region $AWS_REGION --no-include-email | bash
 echo "Building docker image..."
 cp pkg/fluent-plugin-kubernetes-metrics-*.gem docker
+echo "Copy latest fluent-plugin-splunk-hec gem from S3"
+aws s3 cp s3://k8s-ci-artifacts/fluent-plugin-splunk-hec-${FLUENT_SPLUNK_HEC_GEM_VERSION}.gem ./docker
 docker build --no-cache -t splunk/fluent-plugin-kubernetes-metrics:metrics ./docker
 docker tag splunk/fluent-plugin-kubernetes-metrics:metrics $AWS_ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.$AWS_REGION.amazonaws.com/k8s-ci-metrics:latest
 echo "Push docker image to ecr..."