diff --git a/airbyte-workload-launcher/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml b/airbyte-workload-launcher/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
index d21e50a150..d4372a3934 100644
--- a/airbyte-workload-launcher/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
+++ b/airbyte-workload-launcher/src/main/resources/application-cloud.yml
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ airbyte:
   worker:
     job:
       kube:
-        serviceAccount: airbyte-admin # TODO - update this once we know how to separate cloud and SME
+        serviceAccount: ${JOB_KUBE_SERVICEACCOUNT:airbyte-admin}