diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_release_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_release_tests.yml
index a7a1b9bd11..feebd4bb3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_release_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_release_tests.yml
@@ -50,5 +50,4 @@ jobs:
           RESULTS_LOCATION: ${{ secrets.RESULTS_LOCATION }}
           DATABASE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_PASSWORD }}
           S3_DATA_PATH: ${{ secrets.S3_DATA_PATH }}
-          S3_JARS_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.S3_JARS_BUCKET }}
           SPILL_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.SPILL_BUCKET }}
diff --git a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/dynamo-stack.ts b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/dynamo-stack.ts
index 0cd3bacb84..7e1dfbee85 100644
--- a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/dynamo-stack.ts
+++ b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/dynamo-stack.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as cdk from 'aws-cdk-lib';
 import * as glue from '@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha';
 import * as ddb from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-dynamodb';
 import * as iam from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam';
+import { Repository } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr';
 import { CfnInclude } from 'aws-cdk-lib/cloudformation-include';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import tpcdsJson from '../../resources/tpcds_specs.json'
@@ -56,6 +57,31 @@ export class DynamoDBStack extends cdk.Stack {
         SpillBucket: spill_bucket
       }
     });
+    const ecrRepo = new Repository(this, 'DynamoDBRepository', {
+      repositoryName: 'athena-federation-repository-dynamodb',
+      emptyOnDelete: true
+    });
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'CrossAccountPermission',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.AnyPrincipal()],
+      }),
+    );
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'LambdaECRImageCrossAccountRetrievalPolicy',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.ServicePrincipal('lambda.amazonaws.com')],
+        conditions: {
+          StringLike: {
+            'aws:sourceArn': 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:*',
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
   }
 
   initDdbTableWithHashKey(tableName: string, hashKey: string) {
diff --git a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/opensearch-stack.ts b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/opensearch-stack.ts
index 5b2378e815..78c00b85c4 100644
--- a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/opensearch-stack.ts
+++ b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/opensearch-stack.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as ec2 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2';
 import * as glue from '@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha';
 import * as s3 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-s3';
 import * as iam from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam';
+import { Repository } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr';
 import { CfnInclude } from 'aws-cdk-lib/cloudformation-include';
 const path = require('path');
 import {FederationStackProps} from './stack-props'
@@ -176,5 +177,31 @@ export class OpenSearchStack extends cdk.Stack {
         'SpillBucket': spill_bucket,
       }
     });
+
+    const ecrRepo = new Repository(this, 'ElasticsearchRepository', {
+      repositoryName: 'athena-federation-repository-elasticsearch',
+      emptyOnDelete: true
+    });
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'CrossAccountPermission',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.AnyPrincipal()],
+      }),
+    );
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'LambdaECRImageCrossAccountRetrievalPolicy',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.ServicePrincipal('lambda.amazonaws.com')],
+        conditions: {
+          StringLike: {
+            'aws:sourceArn': 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:*',
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/rds-generic-stack.ts b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/rds-generic-stack.ts
index c6bde711fc..65b7c1e327 100644
--- a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/rds-generic-stack.ts
+++ b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/rds-generic-stack.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as rds from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-rds';
 import * as ec2 from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ec2';
 import * as glue from '@aws-cdk/aws-glue-alpha';
 import * as iam from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam'
+import { Repository } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-ecr';
 import { CfnInclude } from 'aws-cdk-lib/cloudformation-include';
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 const path = require('path')
@@ -152,6 +153,32 @@ export class RdsGenericStack extends cdk.Stack {
         'SpillBucket': spill_bucket,
       }
     });
+
+    const ecrRepo = new Repository(this, `${db_type}Repository`, {
+      repositoryName: `athena-federation-repository-${db_type}`,
+      emptyOnDelete: true
+    });
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'CrossAccountPermission',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.AnyPrincipal()],
+      }),
+    );
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'LambdaECRImageCrossAccountRetrievalPolicy',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.ServicePrincipal('lambda.amazonaws.com')],
+        conditions: {
+          StringLike: {
+            'aws:sourceArn': 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:*',
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
   }
 
   getEngineVersion(db_type: string): rds.IClusterEngine {
diff --git a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/redshift-stack.ts b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/redshift-stack.ts
index 8f70345b02..fcc6191cba 100644
--- a/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/redshift-stack.ts
+++ b/validation_testing/cdk_federation_infra_provisioning/app/lib/stacks/redshift-stack.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,32 @@ export class RedshiftStack extends cdk.Stack {
         'SpillBucket': spill_bucket,
       }
     });
+
+    const ecrRepo = new Repository(this, 'RedshiftRepository', {
+      repositoryName: 'athena-federation-repository-redshift',
+      emptyOnDelete: true
+    });
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'CrossAccountPermission',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.AnyPrincipal()],
+      }),
+    );
+    ecrRepo.addToResourcePolicy(
+      new iam.PolicyStatement({
+        sid: 'LambdaECRImageCrossAccountRetrievalPolicy',
+        effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
+        actions: ['ecr:BatchGetImage', 'ecr:GetDownloadUrlForLayer'],
+        principals: [new iam.ServicePrincipal('lambda.amazonaws.com')],
+        conditions: {
+          StringLike: {
+            'aws:sourceArn': 'arn:aws:lambda:*:*:function:*',
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    );
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/validation_testing/deploy_infra.sh b/validation_testing/deploy_infra.sh
index a02961918b..efe0b9d4b2 100644
--- a/validation_testing/deploy_infra.sh
+++ b/validation_testing/deploy_infra.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-
 CONNECTOR_NAME=$1
 VALIDATION_TESTING_ROOT=$REPOSITORY_ROOT/validation_testing
 
-# upload connector jar to s3 and update yaml to s3 uri, redirect to /dev/null to not log the s3 path
-aws s3 cp $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar "$S3_JARS_BUCKET/" > /dev/null
-sed -i "s#CodeUri: \"./target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#CodeUri: \"$S3_JARS_BUCKET/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
-
 # go to cdk dir, build/synth/deploy
 cd $(dirname $(find . -name ATHENA_INFRA_SPINUP_ROOT))/app;
 
@@ -20,6 +15,22 @@ npm run build;
 npm run cdk synth;
 npm run cdk deploy ${CONNECTOR_NAME}CdkStack > /dev/null;
 
-sed -i "s#CodeUri: \"$S3_JARS_BUCKET/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#CodeUri: \"./target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
-
 echo "FINISHED DEPLOYING INFRA FOR ${CONNECTOR_NAME}."
+
+# cd back to validation root
+cd $VALIDATION_TESTING_ROOT
+
+# get the AWS account ID from the current roll (for use in ECR repo name)
+ACCOUNT_ID="$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text)"
+
+# now we push the ECR image for the connector to the ECR repository created in the CDK stack
+aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+docker build -t athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME
+docker tag athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest
+docker push $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest
+
+# update the template to use the correct ImageUri
+sed -i "s|292517598671|$ACCOUNT_ID|g" "$REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml"
+sed -i "s#\(/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME:\)[0-9]\{4\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\{1\}#\1latest#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
+
+echo "FINISHED PUSHING CONNECTOR IMAGE TO ECR REPOSITORY"
diff --git a/validation_testing/main.py b/validation_testing/main.py
index bf03f13670..9bb8f10274 100644
--- a/validation_testing/main.py
+++ b/validation_testing/main.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ def assert_required_env_vars_set():
         'REPOSITORY_ROOT',
         'DATABASE_PASSWORD',
         'S3_DATA_PATH',
-        'S3_JARS_BUCKET',
         'SPILL_BUCKET'
     ]
     if not all([os.environ.get(env_var) for env_var in required_env_vars]):
diff --git a/validation_testing/run_release_tests.sh b/validation_testing/run_release_tests.sh
index 5b0a7c815b..0561c70959 100644
--- a/validation_testing/run_release_tests.sh
+++ b/validation_testing/run_release_tests.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
 CONNECTOR_NAME=$1
 VALIDATION_TESTING_ROOT=$REPOSITORY_ROOT/validation_testing
 
-# upload connector jar to s3 and update yaml to s3 uri, redirect to /dev/null to not log the s3 path
-aws s3 cp $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar $S3_JARS_BUCKET > /dev/null
-sed -i "s#CodeUri: \"./target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#CodeUri: \"$S3_JARS_BUCKET/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
-
 # go to cdk dir, build/synth/deploy
 cd $(dirname $(find . -name ATHENA_INFRA_SPINUP_ROOT))/app;
 
@@ -25,13 +21,26 @@ npm run build;
 npm run cdk synth;
 npm run cdk deploy ${CONNECTOR_NAME}CdkStack > /dev/null;
 
-sed -i "s#CodeUri: \"$S3_JARS_BUCKET/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#CodeUri: \"./target/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME-2022.47.1.jar\"#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
-
 echo "FINISHED DEPLOYING INFRA FOR ${CONNECTOR_NAME}."
 
 # cd back to validation root
 cd $VALIDATION_TESTING_ROOT
 
+# get the AWS account ID from the current roll (for use in ECR repo name)
+ACCOUNT_ID="$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text)"
+
+# now we push the ECR image for the connector to the ECR repository created in the CDK stack
+aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+docker build -t athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME
+docker tag athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest
+docker push $ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME\:latest
+
+# update the template to use the correct ImageUri
+sed -i "s|292517598671|$ACCOUNT_ID|g" "$REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml"
+sed -i "s#\(/athena-federation-repository-$CONNECTOR_NAME:\)[0-9]\{4\}\.[0-9]\{1,2\}\.[0-9]\{1\}#\1latest#" $REPOSITORY_ROOT/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME/athena-$CONNECTOR_NAME.yaml
+
+echo "FINISHED PUSHING CONNECTOR IMAGE TO ECR REPOSITORY"
+
 # now we run the glue jobs that the CDK stack created
 # If there is any output to glue_job_synchronous_execution.py, we will exit this script with a failure code.
 # The 2>&1 lets us pipe both stdout and stderr to grep, as opposed to just the stdout. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/818255/what-does-21-mean