diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5386cc4..8f5090c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ running [Faasm](https://github.com/faasm/faasm) cluster.
 To install `faasmctl` you need a working `pip` (virtual-)environment. Then:
 
 ```bash
-pip install faasmctl==0.46.1
+pip install faasmctl==0.46.2
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/faasmctl/util/compose.py b/faasmctl/util/compose.py
index 932a58b..2380537 100644
--- a/faasmctl/util/compose.py
+++ b/faasmctl/util/compose.py
@@ -155,7 +155,11 @@ def deploy_compose_cluster(faasm_checkout, workers, mount_source, ini_file):
     # In a compose cluster with SGX in HW mode, we need to manually set-up
     # the AESMD volume and socket for remote attestation (in a k8s deployment
     # on AKS, this is done automatically for us)
-    must_start_sgx_aesmd = "FAASM_WASM_VM" in env and env["FAASM_WASM_VM"] == "sgx"
+    is_sgx_deployment = "FAASM_WASM_VM" in env and env["FAASM_WASM_VM"] == "sgx"
+    is_hw_mode = (
+        "FAASM_WORKER_IMAGE" in env and "worker-sgx-sim" not in "FAASM_WORKER_IMAGE"
+    )
+    must_start_sgx_aesmd = is_sgx_deployment and is_hw_mode
 
     if must_start_sgx_aesmd:
         docker_cmd = [
diff --git a/faasmctl/util/version.py b/faasmctl/util/version.py
index c3edc97..a9de8a8 100644
--- a/faasmctl/util/version.py
+++ b/faasmctl/util/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FAASMCTL_VERSION = "0.46.1"
+FAASMCTL_VERSION = "0.46.2"
 
 
 def get_version():
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b30703c..a393365 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "faasmctl"
-version = "0.46.1"
+version = "0.46.2"
 authors = [
   { name="Faasm Team", email="foo@bar.com" },
 ]