diff --git a/plugins/cloud-costs/CHANGELOG.md b/plugins/cloud-costs/CHANGELOG.md
index 01e60baa8..4884af67e 100644
--- a/plugins/cloud-costs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/plugins/cloud-costs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.6
+* Removing gcloud auth
+
 ## 0.1.5
 * Error handling for provider parameter
 
diff --git a/plugins/cloud-costs/cloud-costs.sh b/plugins/cloud-costs/cloud-costs.sh
index eda1fbfd5..71f13dfc0 100755
--- a/plugins/cloud-costs/cloud-costs.sh
+++ b/plugins/cloud-costs/cloud-costs.sh
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ if [[ "$provider" == "gcp" ]]; then
 
   echo "Google bigquey is running......"
 
-  gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/.config/gcp-key.json --project=$projectname
-
   sql="SELECT main.* FROM \`$table\` AS main LEFT JOIN UNNEST(labels) as labels WHERE labels.key = '$tagkey' AND labels.value = '$tagvalue' and usage_start_time >= '$initial_date_time' AND usage_start_time < '$final_date_time' order by usage_start_time desc"
   bq --quiet --format=prettyjson query --max_rows=10000000 --nouse_legacy_sql "$sql" > /output/cloudcosts-tmp.json
   echo "Google bigquey finished......"
diff --git a/plugins/cloud-costs/version.txt b/plugins/cloud-costs/version.txt
index def9a0154..a19223320 100644
--- a/plugins/cloud-costs/version.txt
+++ b/plugins/cloud-costs/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.5
\ No newline at end of file
+0.1.6
\ No newline at end of file