diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk_generation.yaml b/.github/workflows/sdk_generation.yaml
index 9602f39..2b402a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk_generation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk_generation.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   retrieve-secrets:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      speakeasy_api_key: ${{ steps.get-secrets.outputs.DEV_MAIN_SPEAKEASY_API_KEY_PHP_API_KEY }}
     steps:
       - name: Authenticate with AWS
         uses: goshippo/shippo-action-workflows/.github/actions/aws_auth@v1.1.0
@@ -36,9 +38,6 @@ jobs:
           name-transformation: uppercase
           parse-json-secrets: true
 
-      - name: Save Speakeasy API Key
-        run: echo "${{ steps.get-secrets.outputs.DEV_MAIN_SPEAKEASY_API_KEY_PHP_API_KEY }}" > $GITHUB_ENV
-
 
   speakeasy-generate:
     needs: retrieve-secrets
@@ -49,4 +48,4 @@ jobs:
       speakeasy_version: latest
     secrets:
       github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      speakeasy_api_key: ${{ env.DEV_MAIN_SPEAKEASY_API_KEY_PHP_API_KEY }}
+      speakeasy_api_key: ${{ needs.retrieve-secrets.outputs.speakeasy_api_key }}