diff --git a/infrastructure/stacks/api-layer/s3_buckets.tf b/infrastructure/stacks/api-layer/s3_buckets.tf
index fd2954a4..c2d92454 100644
--- a/infrastructure/stacks/api-layer/s3_buckets.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/stacks/api-layer/s3_buckets.tf
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ module "s3_lambda_artifact_bucket" {
   workspace    = terraform.workspace
 }
 
+# needed by github workflows to store the lambda artifacts
+output "lambda_artifact_bucket" {
+  value = module.s3_lambda_artifact_bucket.storage_bucket_name
+}
+
 module "s3_dq_metrics_bucket" {
   source       = "../../modules/s3"
   bucket_name  = "dq-metrics"