diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index e50eac00..02d8039f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Authenticate
+        env:
+          CLIENT_ID: ${{ fromJSON(secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS).clientId }}
+          CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ fromJSON(secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS).clientSecret }}
+        run: sudo ./scripts/ciauthenticate
+
       - name: Run cibuild
         run: ./scripts/cibuild
 
@@ -28,12 +34,6 @@ jobs:
               ;;
           esac
 
-      - name: Authenticate
-        env:
-          CLIENT_ID: ${{ fromJSON(secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS).clientId }}
-          CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ fromJSON(secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS).clientSecret }}
-        run: sudo ./scripts/ciauthenticate
-
       - name: Publish images
         run: ./scripts/cipublish --acr pcccr --tag ${{steps.get_image_tag.outputs.tag}}
 
diff --git a/scripts/ciauthenticate b/scripts/ciauthenticate
index c19970b7..5a4868b2 100755
--- a/scripts/ciauthenticate
+++ b/scripts/ciauthenticate
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ CI authentication for this project.
 }
 
 curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | bash
-az acr login --name pcccr --username ${CLIENT_ID} --password ${CLIENT_SECRET}
+az login --service-principal --username ${CLIENT_ID} --tenant "72f988bf-86f1-41af-91ab-2d7cd011db47" -password ${CLIENT_SECRET}
+az acr login --name pcccr 
 docker login pcccr.azurecr.io --username ${CLIENT_ID} --password ${CLIENT_SECRET}
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