diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b6a76d8..19e314a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+# [1.4.0](https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0) (2023-07-26)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **deps:** bump dotenv from 16.1.4 to 16.3.0 ([930c04e](https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment/commit/930c04e5253874590dc978e6474bb49417a080a9))
+* **deps:** bump dotenv from 16.3.0 to 16.3.1 ([6f6bb28](https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment/commit/6f6bb28c7e8fa04c19cb2b201643d0ff47889e01))
+* **deps:** bump node-fetch from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 ([40815c5](https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment/commit/40815c5a05ee45a0b9adc35285f01462f47de29e))
+
 # [1.3.0](https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0) (2023-06-15)
 
 
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 6f1ede8..f0efb85 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ exports.checkBypass = checkBypass;
 /***/ 5478:
 /***/ ((module) => {
 
-const re = /^dotenv_config_(encoding|path|debug|override)=(.+)$/
+const re = /^dotenv_config_(encoding|path|debug|override|DOTENV_KEY)=(.+)$/
 
 module.exports = function optionMatcher (args) {
   return args.reduce(function (acc, cur) {
@@ -1808,6 +1808,10 @@ if (process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_OVERRIDE != null) {
   options.override = process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_OVERRIDE
 }
 
+if (process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_DOTENV_KEY != null) {
+  options.DOTENV_KEY = process.env.DOTENV_CONFIG_DOTENV_KEY
+}
+
 module.exports = options
 
 
@@ -1876,7 +1880,7 @@ function _parseVault (options) {
 
   // handle scenario for comma separated keys - for use with key rotation
   // example: DOTENV_KEY="dotenv://:key_1234@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=prod,dotenv://:key_7890@dotenv.org/vault/.env.vault?environment=prod"
-  const keys = _dotenvKey().split(',')
+  const keys = _dotenvKey(options).split(',')
   const length = keys.length
 
   let decrypted
@@ -1917,11 +1921,18 @@ function _debug (message) {
   console.log(`[dotenv@${version}][DEBUG] ${message}`)
 }
 
-function _dotenvKey () {
+function _dotenvKey (options) {
+  // prioritize developer directly setting options.DOTENV_KEY
+  if (options && options.DOTENV_KEY && options.DOTENV_KEY.length > 0) {
+    return options.DOTENV_KEY
+  }
+
+  // secondary infra already contains a DOTENV_KEY environment variable
   if (process.env.DOTENV_KEY && process.env.DOTENV_KEY.length > 0) {
     return process.env.DOTENV_KEY
   }
 
+  // fallback to empty string
   return ''
 }
 
@@ -1980,7 +1991,12 @@ function _configVault (options) {
 
   const parsed = DotenvModule._parseVault(options)
 
-  DotenvModule.populate(process.env, parsed, options)
+  let processEnv = process.env
+  if (options && options.processEnv != null) {
+    processEnv = options.processEnv
+  }
+
+  DotenvModule.populate(processEnv, parsed, options)
 
   return { parsed }
 }
@@ -2003,7 +2019,12 @@ function configDotenv (options) {
     // Specifying an encoding returns a string instead of a buffer
     const parsed = DotenvModule.parse(fs.readFileSync(dotenvPath, { encoding }))
 
-    DotenvModule.populate(process.env, parsed, options)
+    let processEnv = process.env
+    if (options && options.processEnv != null) {
+      processEnv = options.processEnv
+    }
+
+    DotenvModule.populate(processEnv, parsed, options)
 
     return { parsed }
   } catch (e) {
@@ -2020,7 +2041,7 @@ function config (options) {
   const vaultPath = _vaultPath(options)
 
   // fallback to original dotenv if DOTENV_KEY is not set
-  if (_dotenvKey().length === 0) {
+  if (_dotenvKey(options).length === 0) {
     return DotenvModule.configDotenv(options)
   }
 
@@ -7938,7 +7959,7 @@ return new B(c,{type:"multipart/form-data; boundary="+b})}
 /***/ 9968:
 /***/ ((module) => {
 
-module.exports = JSON.parse('{"name":"dotenv","version":"16.1.4","description":"Loads environment variables from .env file","main":"lib/main.js","types":"lib/main.d.ts","exports":{".":{"types":"./lib/main.d.ts","require":"./lib/main.js","default":"./lib/main.js"},"./config":"./config.js","./config.js":"./config.js","./lib/env-options":"./lib/env-options.js","./lib/env-options.js":"./lib/env-options.js","./lib/cli-options":"./lib/cli-options.js","./lib/cli-options.js":"./lib/cli-options.js","./package.json":"./package.json"},"scripts":{"dts-check":"tsc --project tests/types/tsconfig.json","lint":"standard","lint-readme":"standard-markdown","pretest":"npm run lint && npm run dts-check","test":"tap tests/*.js --100 -Rspec","prerelease":"npm test","release":"standard-version"},"repository":{"type":"git","url":"git://github.com/motdotla/dotenv.git"},"funding":"https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv?sponsor=1","keywords":["dotenv","env",".env","environment","variables","config","settings"],"readmeFilename":"README.md","license":"BSD-2-Clause","devDependencies":{"@definitelytyped/dtslint":"^0.0.133","@types/node":"^18.11.3","decache":"^4.6.1","sinon":"^14.0.1","standard":"^17.0.0","standard-markdown":"^7.1.0","standard-version":"^9.5.0","tap":"^16.3.0","tar":"^6.1.11","typescript":"^4.8.4"},"engines":{"node":">=12"},"browser":{"fs":false}}');
+module.exports = JSON.parse('{"name":"dotenv","version":"16.3.1","description":"Loads environment variables from .env file","main":"lib/main.js","types":"lib/main.d.ts","exports":{".":{"types":"./lib/main.d.ts","require":"./lib/main.js","default":"./lib/main.js"},"./config":"./config.js","./config.js":"./config.js","./lib/env-options":"./lib/env-options.js","./lib/env-options.js":"./lib/env-options.js","./lib/cli-options":"./lib/cli-options.js","./lib/cli-options.js":"./lib/cli-options.js","./package.json":"./package.json"},"scripts":{"dts-check":"tsc --project tests/types/tsconfig.json","lint":"standard","lint-readme":"standard-markdown","pretest":"npm run lint && npm run dts-check","test":"tap tests/*.js --100 -Rspec","prerelease":"npm test","release":"standard-version"},"repository":{"type":"git","url":"git://github.com/motdotla/dotenv.git"},"funding":"https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv?sponsor=1","keywords":["dotenv","env",".env","environment","variables","config","settings"],"readmeFilename":"README.md","license":"BSD-2-Clause","devDependencies":{"@definitelytyped/dtslint":"^0.0.133","@types/node":"^18.11.3","decache":"^4.6.1","sinon":"^14.0.1","standard":"^17.0.0","standard-markdown":"^7.1.0","standard-version":"^9.5.0","tap":"^16.3.0","tar":"^6.1.11","typescript":"^4.8.4"},"engines":{"node":">=12"},"browser":{"fs":false}}');
 
 /***/ })
 
@@ -9793,10 +9814,6 @@ const getNodeRequestOptions = request => {
 		agent = agent(parsedURL);
 	}
 
-	if (!headers.has('Connection') && !agent) {
-		headers.set('Connection', 'close');
-	}
-
 	// HTTP-network fetch step 4.2
 	// chunked encoding is handled by Node.js
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f7476d1..ef1547a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"name": "render-deployment",
 	"description": "A GitHub Action to trigger deployment in Render.",
-	"version": "1.3.0",
+	"version": "1.4.0",
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"homepage": "https://github.com/sws2apps/render-deployment#readme",