diff --git a/infra/cdk/README.md b/infra/cdk/README.md
index 14cb8f0..2a62daa 100644
--- a/infra/cdk/README.md
+++ b/infra/cdk/README.md
@@ -291,9 +291,10 @@ instantiated in `app.ts` as stack `shoc-backend-deploy-staging`
   `shoc-backend-staging`, CloudFormation mutations scoped to the EB-managed
   stack `awseb-e-6c9m4vb62z-stack`, Auto Scaling mutations scoped to the
   `awseb-e-6c9m4vb62z-stack-*` ASG name prefix, and S3 limited to the existing
-  Elastic Beanstalk bucket namespace. It grants no dev resource, no IAM
-  mutation, no `PassRole`, and no RDS/Secrets Manager access to the deploy
-  role.
+  account bucket and `shoc-backend/` release-object prefix. The role can check
+  that bucket and upload a version bundle; it cannot read, delete, or mutate
+  other objects or buckets. It grants no dev resource, no IAM mutation, no
+  `PassRole`, and no RDS/Secrets Manager access to the deploy role.
 
 It references — and never creates, imports as CDK constructs, or modifies — the
 existing Elastic Beanstalk application `shoc-backend`, environment
diff --git a/infra/cdk/deploy-staging-stack.ts b/infra/cdk/deploy-staging-stack.ts
index d9591d6..a634520 100644
--- a/infra/cdk/deploy-staging-stack.ts
+++ b/infra/cdk/deploy-staging-stack.ts
@@ -114,28 +114,25 @@ export class DeployStagingStack extends cdk.Stack {
     deployRole.addToPolicy(
       new iam.PolicyStatement({
         effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
-        actions: ['s3:Delete*', 's3:Get*', 's3:Put*'],
-        // AWS Support case 178526484500047 confirmed that UpdateEnvironment
-        // reads, writes, versions, ACL-checks, and removes objects in both the
-        // account bucket and AWS-owned Elastic Beanstalk service buckets.
-        resources: ['arn:aws:s3:::elasticbeanstalk-*/*'],
+        actions: ['s3:PutObject'],
+        // The pinned deployment action writes exactly
+        // shoc-backend/<version-label>.zip to the explicitly configured,
+        // pre-existing account bucket. It never reads or deletes objects.
+        resources: [
+          `arn:aws:s3:::elasticbeanstalk-${REGION}-${ACCOUNT_ID}/${APPLICATION_NAME}/*`,
+        ],
       }),
     );
 
     deployRole.addToPolicy(
       new iam.PolicyStatement({
         effect: iam.Effect.ALLOW,
-        actions: [
-          's3:GetBucket*',
-          's3:ListBucket',
-          's3:PutBucketOwnershipControls',
-          's3:PutBucketPolicy',
-          's3:PutBucketPublicAccessBlock',
+        // HeadBucket on the explicit existing bucket requires ListBucket.
+        // GetBucketLocation is retained for regional SDK compatibility.
+        actions: ['s3:GetBucketLocation', 's3:ListBucket'],
+        resources: [
+          `arn:aws:s3:::elasticbeanstalk-${REGION}-${ACCOUNT_ID}`,
         ],
-        // This is AWS Support's bucket-level UpdateEnvironment set, excluding
-        // CreateBucket because the workflow deploys only to an existing
-        // application/environment and disables bucket creation.
-        resources: ['arn:aws:s3:::elasticbeanstalk-*'],
       }),
     );