NestJS TypeORM connects to an unknown address rather than AWS RDS

TypeOrmModule.forRootAsync({
      imports: [ConfigModule],
      inject: [ConfigService],
      useFactory: (configService: ConfigService) => {
        return {
          type: 'mysql',
          host: configService.get('TYPEORM_HOST'),
          port: configService.get('TYPEORM_PORT'),
          username: configService.get('TYPEORM_USERNAME'),
          database: configService.get('TYPEORM_DATABASE'),
          password: configService.get('TYPEORM_PASSWORD'),
          entities: [__dirname + '/../entities/*.entity{.ts,.js}'],
          synchronize: configService.get('TYPEORM_SYNCHRONIZE'),
          logging: configService.get('TYPEORM_LOGGING'),
        };
      },
    }),

I’m trying to connect to my aws rds instance but it gives an error something like this.

Error: Access denied for user 'xyz'@'1-2-3-4.ftth.glasoperator.nl' (using password: YES)

as you can see this is not my aws host. when I change TYPEORM_HOST to localhost it tries to connect 127.0.0.1 so reading from the env is working just fine.

I can connect to the aws rds with the same credentials from mysql workbench