diff --git a/task/aws-cli/0.2/aws-cli.yaml b/task/aws-cli/0.2/aws-cli.yaml
index c75e78f5..31af51f6 100644
--- a/task/aws-cli/0.2/aws-cli.yaml
+++ b/task/aws-cli/0.2/aws-cli.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,13 @@ spec:
       description: AWS cli arguments to be passed
       type: array
       default: ["help"]
+  stepTemplate:
+    env:
+      - name: "HOME"
+        value: "/tekton/home"
   steps:
     - name: awscli
       image: docker.io/amazon/aws-cli:2.0.52@sha256:1506cec98a7101c935176d440a14302ea528b8f92fcaf4a6f1ea2d7ecef7edc4 #tag: 2.0.52
-      script: "$(params.SCRIPT)"
+      script: eval "$(params.SCRIPT)"
       args:
-        - "$(params.ARGS)"
+        - "$(params.ARGS)"
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