diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 6475212e36ed4..ae5784f8a9df1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.163.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.163.0-alpha.0...v2.163.1-alpha.0) (2024-10-22)
+
 ## [2.163.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.162.1-alpha.0...v2.163.0-alpha.0) (2024-10-21)
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index 72b48d4be8ef8..0bc7d0feea9bb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.163.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.163.0...v2.163.1) (2024-10-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* 'Need to perform AWS calls for account' when doing cross-account deployments ([#31846](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/31846)) ([5aa63d1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/5aa63d136294a42df2f65a3705655eb3c108fc2c)), closes [#31845](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/31845)
+
 ## [2.163.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.162.1...v2.163.0) (2024-10-21)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments.ts b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments.ts
index 788c42796be36..a2e729ce30689 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/api/deployments.ts
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ export class Deployments {
     const { manifest, stackEnv } = await this.prepareAndValidateAssets(asset, options);
     await publishAssets(manifest, this.sdkProvider, stackEnv, {
       ...options.publishOptions,
-      allowCrossAccount: await this.allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(stackEnv),
+      allowCrossAccount: await this.allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(options.stack),
     });
   }
 
@@ -852,15 +852,15 @@ export class Deployments {
     // No need to validate anymore, we already did that during build
     const publisher = this.cachedPublisher(assetManifest, stackEnv, options.stackName);
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-    await publisher.publishEntry(asset, { allowCrossAccount: await this.allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(stackEnv) });
+    await publisher.publishEntry(asset, { allowCrossAccount: await this.allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(options.stack) });
     if (publisher.hasFailures) {
       throw new Error(`Failed to publish asset ${asset.id}`);
     }
   }
 
-  private async allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(env: cxapi.Environment): Promise<boolean> {
+  private async allowCrossAccountAssetPublishingForEnv(stack: cxapi.CloudFormationStackArtifact): Promise<boolean> {
     if (this._allowCrossAccountAssetPublishing === undefined) {
-      const sdk = (await this.cachedSdkForEnvironment(env, Mode.ForReading)).sdk;
+      const { stackSdk: sdk } = await this.prepareSdkFor(stack, undefined, Mode.ForReading);
       this._allowCrossAccountAssetPublishing = await determineAllowCrossAccountAssetPublishing(sdk, this.props.toolkitStackName);
     }
     return this._allowCrossAccountAssetPublishing;
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 142efd973f4cd..a3c8b17a2f5e2 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.163.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.163.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.163.1",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.163.1-alpha.0"
 }
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