diff --git a/pkg/clusterresource/aws.go b/pkg/clusterresource/aws.go
index 4ee76dfebf8..b51c876865d 100644
--- a/pkg/clusterresource/aws.go
+++ b/pkg/clusterresource/aws.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 	awsInstanceType = "m4.xlarge"
 	volumeIOPS      = 100
 	volumeSize      = 22
-	volumeType      = "gp2"
+	volumeType      = "gp3"
 )
 
 var _ CloudBuilder = (*AWSCloudBuilder)(nil)