diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/codedeploy/ecs-deploy-action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/codedeploy/ecs-deploy-action.ts
index 9f0df0fbb0066..771a1b8e3e448 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/codedeploy/ecs-deploy-action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/lib/codedeploy/ecs-deploy-action.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as codedeploy from '@aws-cdk/aws-codedeploy';
 import * as codepipeline from '@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline';
 import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
-import { Construct } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import { Construct, Lazy } from '@aws-cdk/core';
 import { Action } from '../action';
 
 /**
@@ -177,17 +177,19 @@ export class CodeDeployEcsDeployAction extends Action {
     // the Action's Role needs to read from the Bucket to get artifacts
     options.bucket.grantRead(options.role);
 
+    const taskDefinitionTemplateArtifact = determineTaskDefinitionArtifact(this.actionProps);
+    const appSpecTemplateArtifact = determineAppSpecArtifact(this.actionProps);
     const actionConfig: codepipeline.ActionConfig = {
       configuration: {
         ApplicationName: this.actionProps.deploymentGroup.application.applicationName,
         DeploymentGroupName: this.actionProps.deploymentGroup.deploymentGroupName,
 
-        TaskDefinitionTemplateArtifact: determineTaskDefinitionArtifact(this.actionProps).artifactName,
+        TaskDefinitionTemplateArtifact: Lazy.stringValue({ produce: () => taskDefinitionTemplateArtifact.artifactName }),
         TaskDefinitionTemplatePath: this.actionProps.taskDefinitionTemplateFile
           ? this.actionProps.taskDefinitionTemplateFile.fileName
           : 'taskdef.json',
 
-        AppSpecTemplateArtifact: determineAppSpecArtifact(this.actionProps).artifactName,
+        AppSpecTemplateArtifact: Lazy.stringValue({ produce: () => appSpecTemplateArtifact.artifactName }),
         AppSpecTemplatePath: this.actionProps.appSpecTemplateFile
           ? this.actionProps.appSpecTemplateFile.fileName
           : 'appspec.yaml',
@@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ export class CodeDeployEcsDeployAction extends Action {
     if (this.actionProps.containerImageInputs) {
       for (let i = 1; i <= this.actionProps.containerImageInputs.length; i++) {
         const imageInput = this.actionProps.containerImageInputs[i - 1];
-        actionConfig.configuration[`Image${i}ArtifactName`] = imageInput.input.artifactName;
+        actionConfig.configuration[`Image${i}ArtifactName`] = Lazy.stringValue({ produce: () => imageInput.input.artifactName });
         actionConfig.configuration[`Image${i}ContainerName`] = imageInput.taskDefinitionPlaceholder
           ? imageInput.taskDefinitionPlaceholder
           : 'IMAGE';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/codedeploy/test.ecs-deploy-action.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/codedeploy/test.ecs-deploy-action.ts
index 7e160c0fed364..b75809ad8f515 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/codedeploy/test.ecs-deploy-action.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-codepipeline-actions/test/codedeploy/test.ecs-deploy-action.ts
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ export = {
     'defaults task definition placeholder string'(test: Test) {
       const stack = new cdk.Stack();
       const deploymentGroup = addEcsDeploymentGroup(stack);
-      const artifact1 = new codepipeline.Artifact('Artifact1');
-      const artifact2 = new codepipeline.Artifact('Artifact2');
+      const artifact1 = new codepipeline.Artifact();
+      const artifact2 = new codepipeline.Artifact();
       addCodeDeployECSCodePipeline(stack, {
         actionName: 'DeployToECS',
         deploymentGroup,
-        taskDefinitionTemplateFile: new codepipeline.ArtifactPath(artifact1, 'task-definition.json'),
-        appSpecTemplateFile: new codepipeline.ArtifactPath(artifact2, 'appspec-test.yaml'),
+        taskDefinitionTemplateFile: artifact1.atPath('task-definition.json'),
+        appSpecTemplateFile: artifact2.atPath('appspec-test.yaml'),
         containerImageInputs: [
           {
             input: artifact1,
@@ -172,21 +172,21 @@ export = {
                 Configuration: {
                   ApplicationName: 'MyApplication',
                   DeploymentGroupName: 'MyDeploymentGroup',
-                  TaskDefinitionTemplateArtifact: 'Artifact1',
-                  AppSpecTemplateArtifact: 'Artifact2',
+                  TaskDefinitionTemplateArtifact: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub',
+                  AppSpecTemplateArtifact: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub2',
                   TaskDefinitionTemplatePath: 'task-definition.json',
                   AppSpecTemplatePath: 'appspec-test.yaml',
-                  Image1ArtifactName: 'Artifact1',
+                  Image1ArtifactName: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub',
                   Image1ContainerName: 'IMAGE',
-                  Image2ArtifactName: 'Artifact2',
+                  Image2ArtifactName: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub2',
                   Image2ContainerName: 'IMAGE',
                 },
                 InputArtifacts: [
                   {
-                    Name: 'Artifact1',
+                    Name: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub',
                   },
                   {
-                    Name: 'Artifact2',
+                    Name: 'Artifact_Source_GitHub2',
                   },
                 ],
               },