diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_to_eks.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_to_eks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14d09541c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_to_eks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Deploy To EKS
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  banana:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: "dev"
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4.0.2
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_OIDC_ROLE_TO_ASSUME }}
+          aws-region: us-west-2
+      - name: Login to Amazon ECR
+        id: login-ecr
+        uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecr-login@v2
+      - name: Update kubeconfig
+        run: aws eks update-kubeconfig --name dev-easi-poc-cluster --region us-west-2
+      - name: test kubectl
+        run: kubectl get nodes -A