diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6884c678b..62dfbc931 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ build: dependencies generate-version-file ## Build project
 
 .PHONY: build-codedeploy-artifact
 build-codedeploy-artifact: ## Build the deploy artifact for CodeDeploy
+	pip3 wheel --wheel-dir=wheelhouse -r requirements.txt
 	mkdir -p target
 	zip -r -x@deploy-exclude.lst target/notifications-api.zip *
 
diff --git a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
index b82881d45..03daadb21 100755
--- a/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/aws_install_dependencies.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -eo pipefail
 echo "Install dependencies"
 
 cd /home/notify-app/notifications-api;
-pip3 install -r /home/notify-app/notifications-api/requirements.txt
+pip3 install --find-links=wheelhouse -r /home/notify-app/notifications-api/requirements.txt