diff --git a/.github/workflows/gcp_models.yml b/.github/workflows/gcp_models.yml
index 0e7328c5f6..8e292c8827 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gcp_models.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gcp_models.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 env:
   SERVICE: models
   REGION: us-central1
+  CONTAINER_NAME: speech-models
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -38,11 +39,36 @@ jobs:
 
       - run: gcloud auth configure-docker
 
-      - name: Build and Push Docker image
+      # - name: Build and Push Docker image
+      #   run: |
+      #     docker build -t gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }}:${GITHUB_SHA::7} -f backend/modal/Dockerfile .
+      #     docker push gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }}:${GITHUB_SHA::7}
+
+      - name: Create SSH Key
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+          echo "${{ secrets.SPEECH_MODELS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}" > ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+          chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
+
+      - name: Deploy Docker image
         run: |
-          docker build -t gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }} -f backend/modal/Dockerfile .
-          docker push gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }}
-      
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
+          ${{ secrets.SPEECH_MODELS_SSH_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.SPEECH_MODELS_SSH_HOST }} \
+          "set -x; echo '[-] Pull latest Speech Models image...'; \
+          docker pull gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }}:${GITHUB_SHA::7}; \
+          echo '[-] Remove current Speech Models container...'; \
+          docker rm -f ${{ vars.CONTAINER_NAME }}; \
+          echo '[-] Start new Speech Models container...'; \
+          docker run -d --name ${{ vars.CONTAINER_NAME }} -p 8080:8080 \
+          --volume /var/lib/nvidia/lib64:/usr/local/nvidia/lib64 \
+          --volume /var/lib/nvidia/bin:/usr/local/nvidia/bin \
+          --device /dev/nvidia0:/dev/nvidia0 \
+          --device /dev/nvidia-uvm:/dev/nvidia-uvm \
+          --device /dev/nvidiactl:/dev/nvidiactl \
+          -e OPENAI_API_KEY=${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }} \
+          -e HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN=${{ secrets.HUGGINGFACE_TOKEN }} \
+          gcr.io/${{ vars.GCP_PROJECT_ID }}/${{ env.SERVICE }}:${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
+
       # - name: Deploy to Cloud Run
       #   id: deploy
       #   uses: google-github-actions/deploy-cloudrun@v2