diff --git a/patterns/karpenter-mng/README.md b/patterns/karpenter-mng/README.md
index 80f0494b3d..ab707d3e55 100644
--- a/patterns/karpenter-mng/README.md
+++ b/patterns/karpenter-mng/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ This pattern demonstrates how to provision Karpenter on an EKS managed node grou
 
 The areas of significance related to this pattern are highlighted in the code provided below:
 
-```terraform hl_lines="20-28 31 49-62 67-70 89-91 97-100 108-132"
+```terraform hl_lines="20-28 31 49-62 67-70 89-92 102-126"
 {% include  "../../patterns/karpenter-mng/eks.tf" %}
 ```
 
diff --git a/patterns/karpenter-mng/eks.tf b/patterns/karpenter-mng/eks.tf
index a1214cb5c8..cfa30cbfda 100644
--- a/patterns/karpenter-mng/eks.tf
+++ b/patterns/karpenter-mng/eks.tf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 module "eks" {
   source  = "terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws"
-  version = "~> 20.9"
+  version = "~> 20.10"
 
   cluster_name    = local.name
   cluster_version = "1.29"
@@ -87,19 +87,13 @@ module "karpenter" {
   cluster_name = module.eks.cluster_name
 
   # Name needs to match role name passed to the EC2NodeClass
-  node_iam_role_use_name_prefix = false
-  node_iam_role_name            = local.name
+  node_iam_role_use_name_prefix   = false
+  node_iam_role_name              = local.name
+  create_pod_identity_association = true
 
   tags = local.tags
 }
 
-resource "aws_eks_pod_identity_association" "karpenter" {
-  cluster_name    = module.eks.cluster_name
-  namespace       = "kube-system"
-  service_account = "karpenter"
-  role_arn        = module.karpenter.iam_role_arn
-}
-
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