diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca8837d023bb51f5c1dfba9d4fac31b79c2d494d..2393fefd1b25665cbb03bcfb8a587a97f7c19aa3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     },
     "devDependencies": {
         "vows": "0.5.13",
-        "awsbox": "0.2.6",
+        "awsbox": "0.2.7",
         "irc": "0.3.3"
     },
     "scripts": {
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.js b/scripts/deploy.js
index 4ee22b4223bb81f43014ad66ea9cffd4936c81fb..fdc90bfa961c042967c8dc469415e6cc09a495f0 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.js
+++ b/scripts/deploy.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (process.argv.length > 1 &&
     options.x = process.env['PERSONA_EPHEMERAL_CONFIG'];
   }
 
-  cmd += " create";
+  cmd += " create --ssl=force";
 
   Object.keys(options).forEach(function(opt) {
     cmd += " -" + opt;