diff --git a/.github/workflows/ec2-deployment.yml b/.github/workflows/ec2-deployment.yml
index 3a6513d5a141..b28f9ea3be6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ec2-deployment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ec2-deployment.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,13 @@ jobs:
         USERNAME: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
         SSH_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
       run: |
-        echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > private_key && chmod 600 private_key
-        ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -i private_key ${USERNAME}@${HOST} '
+        mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+        echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+        ssh-keyscan -H "$HOST" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+
+        ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $USERNAME@$HOST << EOF
+          source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
           node -v
           cd ~/frappe-bench/apps/erpnext
           git pull
@@ -30,4 +35,4 @@ jobs:
           sudo kill -9 \$(sudo lsof -t -i:13000)
           screen
           bench start
-        '
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+        EOF
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