diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fee0f33..4756935 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Cap-EC2 changelog
 
+## 1.0.1
+
+Added the possibility to get any tags defined on EC2 instance as parameters in Capistrano.
+Updated AWS-SDK to Ver 2.
+
 ## 1.0.0
 
 Cap-EC2 is pretty stable, and the rate of PRs has decreased, so I've
@@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ decided to bump the version to 1.0.0.
 
 ## 0.0.15
 
-* Add `ec2_filter_by_status_ok?` to filter out instances that aren't returning `OK` 
+* Add `ec2_filter_by_status_ok?` to filter out instances that aren't returning `OK`
   for their EC2 status checks. [@tomconroy](https://github.com/tomconroy)
 
 ## 0.0.14
diff --git a/cap-ec2.gemspec b/cap-ec2.gemspec
index 94033d9..6665ee7 100644
--- a/cap-ec2.gemspec
+++ b/cap-ec2.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
 
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk"
   spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-v1"
+  spec.add_dependency "aws-sdk-resources"
   spec.add_dependency "capistrano", ">= 3.0"
   spec.add_dependency "terminal-table"
   spec.add_dependency "colorize"
diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/capistrano.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/capistrano.rb
index 9df98ce..3a10f78 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/capistrano.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/capistrano.rb
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ def ec2_handler
 
       def ec2_role(name, options={})
         ec2_handler.get_servers_for_role(name).each do |server|
-          env.role(name, CapEC2::Utils.contact_point(server),
-                   options_with_instance_id(options, server))
+          env.role(
+            name,
+            CapEC2::Utils.contact_point(server),
+            options_with_instance_id(options, server)
+          )
         end
       end
 
@@ -32,7 +35,10 @@ def env
       private
 
       def options_with_instance_id(options, server)
-        options.merge({aws_instance_id: server.instance_id})
+        tags = server[:tag_set].map{ |t| Hash[t[0].downcase.to_sym, t[1]] }.reduce({}, :merge)
+        options.merge({
+          aws_instance_id: server[:instance_id],
+        }).merge(tags)
       end
 
     end
diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
index 2d54887..cea19d9 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/ec2-handler.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def initialize
 
     def ec2_connect(region=nil)
       AWS.start_memoizing
-      AWS::EC2.new(
+      AWS::EC2::Client.new(
         access_key_id: fetch(:ec2_access_key_id),
         secret_access_key: fetch(:ec2_secret_access_key),
         region: region
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@ def ec2_connect(region=nil)
 
     def status_table
       CapEC2::StatusTable.new(
-        defined_roles.map {|r| get_servers_for_role(r)}.flatten.uniq {|i| i.instance_id}
+        defined_roles.map {|r| get_servers_for_role(r)}.flatten.uniq {|i| i[:instance_id]}
       )
     end
 
     def server_names
       puts defined_roles.map {|r| get_servers_for_role(r)}
                    .flatten
-                   .uniq {|i| i.instance_id}
-                   .map {|i| i.tags["Name"]}
+                   .uniq {|i| i[:instance_id]}
+                   .map {|i| i[:tag_set]["Name"] || i[:instance_id] + ' (Server name not specified)'}
                    .join("\n")
     end
 
     def instance_ids
       puts defined_roles.map {|r| get_servers_for_role(r)}
                    .flatten
-                   .uniq {|i| i.instance_id}
-                   .map {|i| i.instance_id}
+                   .uniq {|i| i[:instance_id]}
+                   .map {|i| i[:instance_id]}
                    .join("\n")
     end
 
@@ -60,18 +60,32 @@ def tag(tag_name)
 
     def get_servers_for_role(role)
       servers = []
+      instances = []
+
       @ec2.each do |_, ec2|
-        instances = ec2.instances
-          .filter(tag(project_tag), "*#{application}*")
-          .filter('instance-state-name', 'running')
-        servers << instances.select do |i|
+        query = ec2.describe_instances(filters:[
+          { name: 'instance-state-name', values: ["running"] },
+          { name: "#{tag(project_tag)}", values: ["#{application}"] }
+        ])
+        query[:reservation_set].each do |reservations|
+          reservations[:instances_set].each do |instance|
+            if instance[:tag_set][0]
+              instance[:tag_set].map!{|sm_h| Hash[sm_h[:key], sm_h[:value]]}
+              instance[:tag_set] = instance[:tag_set].reduce({}, :merge)
+            end
+            instances << instance
+          end
+        end
+
+        servers = instances.select do |i|
           instance_has_tag?(i, roles_tag, role) &&
             instance_has_tag?(i, stages_tag, stage) &&
             instance_has_tag?(i, project_tag, application) &&
             (fetch(:ec2_filter_by_status_ok?) ? instance_status_ok?(i) : true)
         end
       end
-      servers.flatten.sort_by {|s| s.tags["Name"] || ''}
+
+      servers
     end
 
     def get_server(instance_id)
@@ -83,15 +97,20 @@ def get_server(instance_id)
     private
 
     def instance_has_tag?(instance, key, value)
-      (instance.tags[key] || '').split(',').map(&:strip).include?(value.to_s)
+      (instance[:tag_set][key] || '').split(',').map(&:strip).include?(value.to_s)
     end
 
     def instance_status_ok?(instance)
       @ec2.any? do |_, ec2|
-        response = ec2.client.describe_instance_status(
-          instance_ids: [instance.id],
-          filters: [{ name: 'instance-status.status', values: %w(ok) }]
-        )
+        response = ec2.describe_instance_status({
+          instance_ids: [instance[:instance_id]],
+          filters: [
+            {
+              name: 'instance-status.status',
+              values: %w(ok)
+            }
+          ]
+        })
         response.data.has_key?(:instance_status_set) && response.data[:instance_status_set].any?
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/status-table.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/status-table.rb
index 6f338f7..ceaf419 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/status-table.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/status-table.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 module CapEC2
   class StatusTable
     include CapEC2::Utils
-    
+
     def initialize(instances)
       @instances = instances
       output
     end
-    
+
     def header_row
       [
         bold("Num"),
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def header_row
         bold("Stages")
       ]
     end
-    
+
     def output
       table = Terminal::Table.new(
         :style => {
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ def output
     def instance_to_row(instance, index)
       [
         sprintf("%02d:", index),
-        green(instance.tags["Name"] || ''),
-        red(instance.id),
-        cyan(instance.instance_type),
+        green(instance[:tag_set]["Name"] || ''),
+        red(instance[:instance_id]),
+        cyan(instance[:instance_type]),
         bold(blue(CapEC2::Utils.contact_point(instance))),
-        magenta(instance.availability_zone),
-        yellow(instance.tags[roles_tag]),
-        yellow(instance.tags[stages_tag])
+        magenta(instance[:placement][:availability_zone]),
+        yellow(instance[:tag_set][roles_tag]),
+        yellow(instance[:tag_set][stages_tag])
       ]
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb b/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
index 9a18d9a..286c819 100644
--- a/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/cap-ec2/utils.rb
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ def self.contact_point_mapping
     def self.contact_point(instance)
       ec2_interface = contact_point_mapping[fetch(:ec2_contact_point)]
       return instance.send(ec2_interface) if ec2_interface
-
-      instance.public_dns_name || instance.public_ip_address || instance.private_ip_address
+      instance[:dns_name] || instance[:ip_address] || instance[:private_ip_address]
     end
 
     def load_config