diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_lambda_packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_lambda_packages.yml
index 6b511183dac..9ab24fd7a90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_lambda_packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_lambda_packages.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build and publish AWS Lambda packages
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "lambda-beta-*"
+      - "aws-lambda-beta-*"
 
 jobs:
   build-lambdas:
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         run: pip install ./distribution/lambda  
       - name: Mypy lint
         run: mypy distribution/lambda/
-
-      - name: Extract asset version of release
-        run: echo "QW_LAMBDA_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
       - name: Retrieve and export commit date, hash, and tags
         run: |
             echo "QW_COMMIT_DATE=$(TZ=UTC0 git log -1 --format=%cd --date=format-local:%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -49,4 +45,4 @@ jobs:
           file: ${{ env.SEARCHER_PACKAGE_LOCATION }};${{ env.INDEXER_PACKAGE_LOCATION }}
           overwrite: true
           draft: true
-          tag_name: aws-${{ env.QW_LAMBDA_VERSION }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/distribution/lambda/Makefile b/distribution/lambda/Makefile
index 4dfd1d1b076..39cd723271f 100644
--- a/distribution/lambda/Makefile
+++ b/distribution/lambda/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 SHELL := bash
 .SHELLFLAGS := -eu -o pipefail -c
 
-# Update this when cutting a new release
-QW_LAMBDA_VERSION?=beta-01
+QW_LAMBDA_VERSION?=$(shell git tag --sort=committerdate | grep -E "aws-lambda-beta-" | tail -1 | cut -b 12-)
+$(if $(QW_LAMBDA_VERSION),,$(error "Version tag not found, try 'git fetch --tags' or specify QW_LAMBDA_VERSION=beta-<version>"))
 PACKAGE_BASE_URL=https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit/releases/download/aws-lambda-$(QW_LAMBDA_VERSION)/
 SEARCHER_PACKAGE_FILE=quickwit-lambda-searcher-$(QW_LAMBDA_VERSION)-x86_64.zip
 INDEXER_PACKAGE_FILE=quickwit-lambda-indexer-$(QW_LAMBDA_VERSION)-x86_64.zip
@@ -65,10 +65,15 @@ deploy-hdfs: package check-env
 deploy-mock-data: package check-env
 	cdk deploy -a cdk/app.py MockDataStack
 
-destroy-hdfs:
+# address https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/20060
+before-destroy:
+	touch $(INDEXER_PACKAGE_PATH)
+	touch $(SEARCHER_PACKAGE_PATH)
+
+destroy-hdfs: before-destroy
 	cdk destroy -a cdk/app.py HdfsStack
 
-destroy-mock-data:
+destroy-mock-data: before-destroy
 	cdk destroy -a cdk/app.py MockDataStack
 
 clean:
diff --git a/distribution/lambda/README.md b/distribution/lambda/README.md
index 6fd65615b78..15d5faad12c 100644
--- a/distribution/lambda/README.md
+++ b/distribution/lambda/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Install AWS CDK Toolkit (cdk command)
-  - `npm install -g aws-cdk `
+  - `npm install -g aws-cdk`
 - Ensure `curl` and `make` are installed
 - To run the invocation example `make` commands, you will also need Python 3.10
   or later and `pip` installed (see [Python venv](#python-venv) below).
diff --git a/docs/get-started/tutorials/tutorial-aws-lambda.md b/docs/get-started/tutorials/tutorial-aws-lambda.md
index 1584acdee33..30b593a8da1 100644
--- a/docs/get-started/tutorials/tutorial-aws-lambda.md
+++ b/docs/get-started/tutorials/tutorial-aws-lambda.md
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ Before running a system in the Cloud, it is always a good idea to get a rough es
 
 ### Prerequisites
 
-We use [AWS CDK](https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/) for our infrastructure automation script. Install it using [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm):
+We use [AWS CDK](https://aws.amazon.com/cdk/) for our infrastructure automation script. Install or upgrade it using [npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm):
 ```bash
-npm install -g aws-cdk 
+npm install -g aws-cdk@latest
 ```
 We also use the `curl` and `make` commands. For instance on Debian based distributions:
 ```bash
@@ -94,11 +94,15 @@ sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl make
 
 You also need AWS credentials to be properly configured in your shell. One way is using the [credentials file](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html).
 
-Finally, clone the Quickwit repository:
+Finally, clone the Quickwit repository and install the Python dependencies (Python3.10 required) in a virtual environment:
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/quickwit-oss/quickwit.git
 cd quickwit/distribution/lambda
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install .
 ```
+
 ### Deploy
 Configure the AWS region and [account id](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/console_account-alias.html) where you want to deploy the example stack:
 ```bash