diff --git a/image-c9s.yaml b/image-c9s.yaml
index 5263c7cb..bc51bf78 100644
--- a/image-c9s.yaml
+++ b/image-c9s.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ vmware-os-type: rhel8_64Guest
 # VMware hardware versions: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003746
 # Supported VMware versions: https://lifecycle.vmware.com/
 vmware-hw-version: 15
+
+# see https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/3607
+# Defaults for AWS
+aws-imdsv2-only: false
+aws-volume-type: "gp2"
+aws-x86-boot-mode: "legacy-bios"
diff --git a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
index 17c8d9cc..8f3d0d78 100644
--- a/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
+++ b/image-rhel-9.2.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ vmware-os-type: rhel8_64Guest
 # VMware hardware versions: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1003746
 # Supported VMware versions: https://lifecycle.vmware.com/
 vmware-hw-version: 15
+
+# see https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/3607
+# Defaults for AWS
+aws-imdsv2-only: false
+aws-volume-type: "gp2"
+aws-x86-boot-mode: "legacy-bios"