diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
index d0877159dd..b31816715c 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export class AwsS3Publish implements PublisherBase {
 
       const fileStreamChunks: Array<any> = [];
       this.storageClient
-        .headObject({
+        .getObject({
           Bucket: this.bucketName,
           Key: `${entityRootDir}/techdocs_metadata.json`,
         })