diff --git a/examples/cluster/index.ts b/examples/cluster/index.ts
index 4938ec37c..87adf0b7e 100644
--- a/examples/cluster/index.ts
+++ b/examples/cluster/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const cluster2 = new eks.Cluster(`${projectName}-2`, {
     desiredCapacity: 2,
     minSize: 2,
     maxSize: 2,
+    instanceType: "t3.small",
     deployDashboard: false,
     enabledClusterLogTypes: [
         "api",
diff --git a/examples/extra-sg/index.ts b/examples/extra-sg/index.ts
index 04e084093..eea9253f2 100644
--- a/examples/extra-sg/index.ts
+++ b/examples/extra-sg/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ const ngInstanceProfile = new aws.iam.InstanceProfile(
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(`${projectName}`, {
   skipDefaultNodeGroup: true,
   instanceRoles: [ngRole],
+  nodeGroupOptions: {
+    instanceType: "t3.small",
+  },
 });
 
 // Export the cluster kubeconfig.
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ const publicInternetEgressRule = new aws.ec2.SecurityGroupRule(
 cluster.createNodeGroup("example-ng", {
   instanceProfile: ngInstanceProfile,
   extraNodeSecurityGroups: [customSecurityGroup],
+  instanceType: "t3.small",
 });
 
 // Test with Node Group V2 that we can add a plain type SG and a SG from the cluster as a