diff --git a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
index cc9d9b1..1a0271e 100644
--- a/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
+++ b/bitbucket-pipelines.yml
@@ -385,3 +385,13 @@ pipelines:
                 - *aws-context-uat
                 - pip install -r requirements.txt
                 - IS_DEPLOY_ALL=true python terraform.py apply --environment=uat --module=textract-pipeline/terraform --apply-extra-args="-target=null_resource.snowsql_client_create"
+
+    feature/UAT-pdf-layer-test:
+      - step:
+          name: Apply textract-pipeline on UAT (pdf layer)
+          image: hugree/bitbucket-aws-python38-tf154:latest
+          oidc: true
+          script:
+            - *aws-context-uat
+            - pip install -r requirements.txt
+            - BB_PIPELINE_BRANCH="UAT" python terraform.py apply --environment=uat --module=textract-pipeline/terraform --apply-extra-args="-target=module.pdf_layer"
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diff --git a/textract-pipeline/src/lambda-layer/pypdf2-layer-new/requirements.txt b/textract-pipeline/src/lambda-layer/pypdf2-layer-new/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d682eda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textract-pipeline/src/lambda-layer/pypdf2-layer-new/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PyPDF2
+pycryptodome
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diff --git a/textract-pipeline/terraform/main.tf b/textract-pipeline/terraform/main.tf
index dd8be11..5dd7f9e 100644
--- a/textract-pipeline/terraform/main.tf
+++ b/textract-pipeline/terraform/main.tf
@@ -192,4 +192,31 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "cloudwatch-policy-attach" {
 resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "VPC-policy-attach" {
   role       = "${aws_iam_role.lambda_role.name}"
   policy_arn = "${data.aws_iam_policy.AWSLambdaVPCAccessExecutionRole.arn}"
+}
+
+module "pdf_layer" {
+  source              = "terraform-aws-modules/lambda/aws"
+
+  create_layer        = true
+
+  layer_name          = "pdfcryptolayer2-terraform"
+  description         = "Fixed PDF layer"
+  compatible_runtimes = ["python3.12"]
+
+  build_in_docker = true
+
+  source_path = {
+    path          = "../src/lambda-layer/pypdf2-layer-new",
+    prefix_in_zip = "python"
+    #    npm_requirements = "package.json"
+    commands = [
+      "pip install -r requirements.txt -t .",
+      ":zip . python"
+    ],
+    patterns = [
+      "!.*/.*\\.txt",    # Skip all txt files recursively
+    ],
+  }
+
+  store_on_s3         = false
 }
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