diff --git a/__tests__/aws.test.ts b/__tests__/aws.test.ts
index a7e55a8..07c734c 100644
--- a/__tests__/aws.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/aws.test.ts
@@ -19,11 +19,19 @@ describe('getCLI', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('getCLICmdOutput', () => {
+  it('--version not empty', async () => {
+    const cliCmdOutput = await aws.getCLICmdOutput(['--version']);
+    console.log(`cliCmdOutput: ${cliCmdOutput}`);
+    expect(cliCmdOutput).not.toEqual('');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('getCLIVersion', () => {
   it('valid', async () => {
     const cliVersion = await aws.getCLIVersion();
     console.log(`cliVersion: ${cliVersion}`);
-    expect(semver.valid(cliVersion)).toBe(true);
+    expect(semver.valid(cliVersion)).not.toBeNull();
   });
 });
 
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ac32fdb..1e42442 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3023,13 +3023,10 @@ function loginECR(registry, username, password) {
         core.info(`💡 AWS ECR registry detected with ${ecrRegion} region`);
         process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = username;
         process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = password;
-        core.info(`⬇️ Retrieving docker login command through AWS CLI ${cliVersion}...`);
-        yield execm.exec(cliPath, ['ecr', 'get-login', '--region', ecrRegion, '--no-include-email'], true).then(res => {
-            if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
-                throw new Error(res.stderr);
-            }
+        core.info(`⬇️ Retrieving docker login command through AWS CLI ${cliVersion} (${cliPath})...`);
+        aws.getCLICmdOutput(['ecr', 'get-login', '--region', ecrRegion, '--no-include-email']).then(stdout => {
             core.info(`🔑 Logging into ${registry}...`);
-            execm.exec(res.stdout, [], true).then(res => {
+            execm.exec(stdout, [], true).then(res => {
                 if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
                     throw new Error(res.stderr);
                 }
@@ -4102,7 +4099,7 @@ var __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function (thisArg, _arguments, P, ge
     });
 };
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
-exports.getRegion = exports.parseCLIVersion = exports.getCLIVersion = exports.getCLI = exports.isECR = void 0;
+exports.getRegion = exports.parseCLIVersion = exports.getCLIVersion = exports.getCLICmdOutput = exports.getCLI = exports.isECR = void 0;
 const semver = __importStar(__webpack_require__(383));
 const io = __importStar(__webpack_require__(436));
 const execm = __importStar(__webpack_require__(757));
@@ -4112,14 +4109,17 @@ exports.isECR = (registry) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
 exports.getCLI = () => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
     return io.which('aws', true);
 });
-exports.getCLIVersion = () => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-    return execm.exec('aws', ['--version'], true).then(res => {
+exports.getCLICmdOutput = (args) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+    return execm.exec(yield exports.getCLI(), args, true).then(res => {
         if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
             throw new Error(res.stderr);
         }
-        return exports.parseCLIVersion(res.stdout);
+        return res.stdout;
     });
 });
+exports.getCLIVersion = () => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
+    return exports.parseCLIVersion(yield exports.getCLICmdOutput(['--version']));
+});
 exports.parseCLIVersion = (stdout) => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
     const matches = /aws-cli\/([0-9.]+)/.exec(stdout);
     if (matches) {
diff --git a/src/aws.ts b/src/aws.ts
index 7515d20..8f5c289 100644
--- a/src/aws.ts
+++ b/src/aws.ts
@@ -10,15 +10,19 @@ export const getCLI = async (): Promise<string> => {
   return io.which('aws', true);
 };
 
-export const getCLIVersion = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
-  return execm.exec('aws', ['--version'], true).then(res => {
+export const getCLICmdOutput = async (args: string[]): Promise<string> => {
+  return execm.exec(await getCLI(), args, true).then(res => {
     if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
       throw new Error(res.stderr);
     }
-    return parseCLIVersion(res.stdout);
+    return res.stdout;
   });
 };
 
+export const getCLIVersion = async (): Promise<string | undefined> => {
+  return parseCLIVersion(await getCLICmdOutput(['--version']));
+};
+
 export const parseCLIVersion = async (stdout: string): Promise<string | undefined> => {
   const matches = /aws-cli\/([0-9.]+)/.exec(stdout);
   if (matches) {
diff --git a/src/docker.ts b/src/docker.ts
index fc8c3f7..bd17275 100644
--- a/src/docker.ts
+++ b/src/docker.ts
@@ -47,13 +47,11 @@ export async function loginECR(registry: string, username: string, password: str
 
   process.env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = username;
   process.env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = password;
-  core.info(`⬇️ Retrieving docker login command through AWS CLI ${cliVersion}...`);
-  await execm.exec(cliPath, ['ecr', 'get-login', '--region', ecrRegion, '--no-include-email'], true).then(res => {
-    if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
-      throw new Error(res.stderr);
-    }
+
+  core.info(`⬇️ Retrieving docker login command through AWS CLI ${cliVersion} (${cliPath})...`);
+  aws.getCLICmdOutput(['ecr', 'get-login', '--region', ecrRegion, '--no-include-email']).then(stdout => {
     core.info(`🔑 Logging into ${registry}...`);
-    execm.exec(res.stdout, [], true).then(res => {
+    execm.exec(stdout, [], true).then(res => {
       if (res.stderr != '' && !res.success) {
         throw new Error(res.stderr);
       }