diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
index 7e60f164b..4f3ed49ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-dev.yml
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ jobs:
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-scheduler-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/gitlab-repository-check-lambda bin/
-          mkdir -p packages
-          docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/packages:/packages -w /packages lambci/lambda:build-python3.7 pip install cryptography -t .
 
 
       - name: EasyCLA v1 Deployment us-east-1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
index 2abd531ed..abe1ad66b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-prod.yml
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ jobs:
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-scheduler-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/gitlab-repository-check-lambda bin/
-          mkdir -p packages
-          docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/packages:/packages -w /packages lambci/lambda:build-python3.7 pip install cryptography -t .
 
       - name: EasyCLA v1 Deployment us-east-1
         working-directory: cla-backend
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
index 31d6b421c..addebee5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ jobs:
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-scheduler-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/zipbuilder-lambda bin/
           cp ../cla-backend-go/bin/gitlab-repository-check-lambda bin/
-          mkdir -p packages
-          docker run --rm -v $(pwd)/packages:/packages -w /packages lambci/lambda:build-python3.7 pip install cryptography -t .
 
       - name: EasyCLA v1 Deployment us-east-1
         working-directory: cla-backend
diff --git a/cla-backend/requirements.txt b/cla-backend/requirements.txt
index d4c5f7658..645391dd4 100644
--- a/cla-backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/cla-backend/requirements.txt
@@ -59,4 +59,5 @@ wcwidth==0.1.7
 Werkzeug==0.15.5
 wrapt==1.11.2
 zipp==3.15.0
-markupsafe==2.0.1
\ No newline at end of file
+markupsafe==2.0.1
+cryptography==41.0.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cla-backend/serverless.yml b/cla-backend/serverless.yml
index d1015db32..977c9d950 100644
--- a/cla-backend/serverless.yml
+++ b/cla-backend/serverless.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ custom:
   wsgi:
     app: cla.routes.__hug_wsgi__
     pythonBin: python
-    packRequirements: false
+    pythonRequirements:
+      dockerizePip: 'non-linux'
+      dockerImage: public.ecr.aws/sam/build-python3.9:latest
+      dockerRunCmdExtraArgs: ['--platform', 'linux/amd64']
   # Config for serverless-prune-plugin - remove all but the 10 most recent
   # versions to avoid the "Code storage limit exceeded" error
   prune: