diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/patches/0036-disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-AL2.patch b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/patches/0036-disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-AL2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8655f7b46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/patches/0036-disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-AL2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From fca4856d6763778b0e3880cdd04a96e1af134e30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jackson West <jgw@amazon.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:35:39 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] disable cgroupns=private to fix AL2
+
+---
+ test/infrastructure/container/docker.go | 9 +++++----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go b/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
+index 225a0e5b9..57bedee24 100644
+--- a/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
++++ b/test/infrastructure/container/docker.go
+@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import (
+ 	"k8s.io/utils/pointer"
+ 
+ 	clusterv1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/api/v1beta1"
+-	"sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/test/infrastructure/kind"
+ )
+ 
+ const (
+@@ -404,9 +403,11 @@ func (d *dockerRuntime) RunContainer(ctx context.Context, runConfig *RunContaine
+ 	networkConfig := network.NetworkingConfig{}
+ 
+ 	// NOTE: starting from Kind 0.20 kind requires CgroupnsMode to be set to private.
+-	if runConfig.KindMode != kind.ModeNone && runConfig.KindMode != kind.Mode0_19 {
+-		hostConfig.CgroupnsMode = "private"
+-	}
++	// AWS: groupns = private breaks on AL2 nodes, kind 0.20 still "supports" non-private mode
++	// but it is deprecated it. For now we revert to the previous behavior. 
++	// if runConfig.KindMode != kind.ModeNone && runConfig.KindMode != kind.Mode0_19 {
++	// 	hostConfig.CgroupnsMode = "private"
++	// }
+ 
+ 	if runConfig.IPFamily == clusterv1.IPv6IPFamily {
+ 		hostConfig.Sysctls = map[string]string{
+-- 
+2.40.1
+
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/CHECKSUMS b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/CHECKSUMS
index 6c27ae6092..c7468c5a18 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/CHECKSUMS
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/CHECKSUMS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-3201b5e1d3199dd1271ffde0f272a42eef76826ff84a18ac1ab98f58d0d9fdf3  _output/bin/kind/linux-amd64/kind
-5ac16b95376ffbd6a5af04d238616050bf3ea6bc2c78b99a32d60fa110363def  _output/bin/kind/linux-amd64/kindnetd
-0f694a8dc8886e23e4b73b5bc7d18e0b0d7ab0e00ab37100fef12acda0ee2aa1  _output/bin/kind/linux-arm64/kind
-20a4aaeea684463d2518ecc8cfe6722975eed72cc3aac7557e107396732d0273  _output/bin/kind/linux-arm64/kindnetd
+db163b2116096b8d6436a42ad407a16a04a59fc6542bcb558c79c53618e67e41  _output/bin/kind/linux-amd64/kind
+c807016bbe5def6f0b920267e6123a085e5f608e0cb337a63a6799acbe731f63  _output/bin/kind/linux-amd64/kindnetd
+1e2a77547992291bc261d396c30fd1330e3225dd7e22345f8cf8db0731627764  _output/bin/kind/linux-arm64/kind
+bcf95c615cd881259c4ddb21642098255606aff520e94f4403e112efb2c7080d  _output/bin/kind/linux-arm64/kindnetd
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/patches/0004-Disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-cluster-creation-on-.patch b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/patches/0004-Disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-cluster-creation-on-.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b80fc1d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/patches/0004-Disable-cgroupns-private-to-fix-cluster-creation-on-.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 00cfd713adb67782d7d0a013b4be5a4a61232425 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jackson West <jgw@amazon.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 09:21:55 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Disable cgroupns=private to fix cluster creation on AL2
+
+---
+ pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
+index 6c644a36..351c023b 100644
+--- a/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
++++ b/pkg/cluster/internal/providers/docker/provision.go
+@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ func commonArgs(cluster string, cfg *config.Cluster, networkName string, nodeNam
+ 		// this is the default with cgroups v2 but not with cgroups v1, unless
+ 		// overridden in the daemon --default-cgroupns-mode
+ 		// https://github.com/docker/cli/pull/3699#issuecomment-1191675788
+-		"--cgroupns=private",
++		// AWS: Seems to cause issues on AL2 nodes
++		//"--cgroupns=private",
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	// enable IPv6 if necessary
+-- 
+2.40.1
+