diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 26387d2..98f1b97 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.8.1
+- Work around for bug in Go AWS SDK to pick up cli credentials, see https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/issues/934
+
 ## 0.8.0
 - Added support for sops encrypted config files, see: https://github.com/mozilla/sops
 - hide stack parameter output in terminal if `NoEcho` is set
diff --git a/cloudbender/__init__.py b/cloudbender/__init__.py
index 43027de..103f377 100644
--- a/cloudbender/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudbender/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 
 __author__ = "Stefan Reimer"
 __email__ = "stefan@zero-downtimet.net"
-__version__ = "0.8.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.1"
 
 
 # Set up logging to ``/dev/null`` like a library is supposed to.
diff --git a/cloudbender/jinja.py b/cloudbender/jinja.py
index e69ba87..b820de7 100644
--- a/cloudbender/jinja.py
+++ b/cloudbender/jinja.py
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ def _sops_loader(path):
                     '--input-type', 'yaml',
                     '--output-type', 'yaml',
                     '--decrypt', '/dev/stdin'
-                ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, input=config_raw.encode('utf-8'))
+                ], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, input=config_raw.encode('utf-8'),
+                    env=dict(os.environ, **{"AWS_SDK_LOAD_CONFIG": "1"}))
             except FileNotFoundError:
                 logger.exception("SOPS encrypted config {},  but unable to find sops binary! Try eg: https://github.com/mozilla/sops/releases/download/v3.5.0/sops-v3.5.0.linux".format(path))
                 sys.exit(1)