diff --git a/.project_automation/publication/Dockerfile b/.project_automation/publication/Dockerfile
index 8f71360..5294774 100644
--- a/.project_automation/publication/Dockerfile
+++ b/.project_automation/publication/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 FROM public.ecr.aws/codebuild/amazonlinux2-x86_64-standard:4.0
 RUN yum install -y yum-utils && yum-config-manager --add-repo https://cli.github.com/packages/rpm/gh-cli.repo && yum install -y gh
-RUN pip install copier taskcat yq jq awscli cfn-flip
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+RUN pip install taskcat yq jq awscli
+RUN pip3 install 'copier==8.3.0'
+RUN pip install 'cfn-lint==0.83.2'
+RUN pip install bump2version
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diff --git a/.project_automation/publication/s3_publish.sh b/.project_automation/publication/s3_publish.sh
index 8d54835..d92eeb4 100755
--- a/.project_automation/publication/s3_publish.sh
+++ b/.project_automation/publication/s3_publish.sh
@@ -64,23 +64,4 @@ aws sts get-caller-identity --debug
 
 chmod 755 ${project_root}/.project_automation/publication/assets/cred_helper.py
 # push to regional S3 buckets
-export TASKCAT_PROJECT_S3_REGIONAL_BUCKETS=true; taskcat -d upload -p ${project_root} -c "${automation_scripts_path}tmp.yml"
-
-PUBLICATIONS_ASSETS_BUCKET=$(aws ssm get-parameter --region us-east-1 --name PUBLICATIONS_ASSETS_BUCKET --with-decryption | jq -r '.Parameter|.Value')
-
-upload_assets_to_ssm(){
-    cd ${project_root}
-    APP_MGR_MANIFEST=${project_root}/manifests/app-manager/app-manager-manifest.yaml
-    if [[ -f "$APP_MGR_MANIFEST" ]]; then
-        aws s3 cp --region us-east-1 s3://${PUBLICATIONS_ASSETS_BUCKET}/template_to_ssm_doc_pusher.py ${project_root}/.project_automation/publication/assets/
-        PUBLISH_SSM_DOC_ACCOUNT_ID=$(aws ssm get-parameter --region us-east-1 --name PUBLISH_SSM_DOC_ACCOUNT_ID --with-decryption | jq -r '.Parameter|.Value')
-        version_suffix=$(date "+%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S")
-        regions=$(aws ec2 describe-regions --region us-east-1 --output text | cut -f4)
-        aws sts get-caller-identity
-        for region in ${regions}; do
-            python ${project_root}/.project_automation/publication/assets/template_to_ssm_doc_pusher.py -a ${PUBLISH_SSM_DOC_ACCOUNT_ID} -f ${project_root}/manifests/app-manager/app-manager-manifest.yaml -r ${region} -v ${version_suffix} -d true
-        done
-    fi
-}
-
-upload_assets_to_ssm
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+export TASKCAT_PROJECT_S3_REGIONAL_BUCKETS=true; taskcat -d upload -p ${project_root} -c "${automation_scripts_path}tmp.yml"
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diff --git a/submodules/cfn-ps-aws-vpc b/submodules/cfn-ps-aws-vpc
index 2586c30..573c69f 160000
--- a/submodules/cfn-ps-aws-vpc
+++ b/submodules/cfn-ps-aws-vpc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2586c305dbdd3d8a48ca380eebbe90542a939d2e
+Subproject commit 573c69f0a5e465596cace10fb629c246acd124ad
diff --git a/templates/main.template.yaml b/templates/main.template.yaml
index 3715a0b..1ecd054 100644
--- a/templates/main.template.yaml
+++ b/templates/main.template.yaml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Parameters:
       uppercase letters, and hyphens, but do not start or end with a hyphen (-). 
       See https://aws-quickstart.github.io/option1.html.
     Type: String
-    Default: aws-ia-us-east-1
+    Default: aws-ia
   QSS3BucketRegion:
     Default: us-east-1
     Description: >-
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ Parameters:
 Conditions:
   UsingDefaultBucket: !Equals
     - !Ref QSS3BucketName
-    - aws-ia-us-east-1
+    - aws-ia
 Resources:
   NetworkStack:
     Type: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack'
diff --git a/templates/server.template.yaml b/templates/server.template.yaml
index 1945a53..09017a0 100644
--- a/templates/server.template.yaml
+++ b/templates/server.template.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Parameters:
 Conditions:
   UsingDefaultBucket: !Equals
     - !Ref QSS3BucketName
-    - aws-ia-us-east-1
+    - aws-ia
 Resources:
   RobotIAMRole:
     Type: 'AWS::IAM::Role'
diff --git a/templates/uipath-robot.template.yaml b/templates/uipath-robot.template.yaml
index dc7b5c6..4e1b238 100644
--- a/templates/uipath-robot.template.yaml
+++ b/templates/uipath-robot.template.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Parameters:
       uppercase letters, and hyphens, but do not start or end with a hyphen (-). 
       See https://aws-quickstart.github.io/option1.html.
     Type: String
-    Default: aws-ia-us-east-1
+    Default: aws-ia
   QSS3BucketRegion:
     Default: us-east-1
     Description: >-
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Parameters:
 Conditions:
   UsingDefaultBucket: !Equals
     - !Ref QSS3BucketName
-    - aws-ia-us-east-1
+    - aws-ia
 Resources:
   LambdaRoleStack:
     Type: 'AWS::CloudFormation::Stack'