diff --git a/website/content/en/preview/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml b/website/content/en/preview/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
index 708fe9ae41de..e680d4059d8f 100644
--- a/website/content/en/preview/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
+++ b/website/content/en/preview/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Resources:
             Action:
               - "sts:AssumeRole"
       ManagedPolicyArns:
+        - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"
diff --git a/website/content/en/v0.5.3/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml b/website/content/en/v0.5.3/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
index 708fe9ae41de..786a2da58bf8 100644
--- a/website/content/en/v0.5.3/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
+++ b/website/content/en/v0.5.3/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Resources:
               - "sts:AssumeRole"
       ManagedPolicyArns:
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
+        - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"
   KarpenterControllerPolicy:
diff --git a/website/content/en/v0.5.5/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml b/website/content/en/v0.5.5/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
index 708fe9ae41de..786a2da58bf8 100644
--- a/website/content/en/v0.5.5/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
+++ b/website/content/en/v0.5.5/getting-started/cloudformation.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Resources:
               - "sts:AssumeRole"
       ManagedPolicyArns:
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKSWorkerNodePolicy"
+        - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEKS_CNI_Policy"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonEC2ContainerRegistryReadOnly"
         - !Sub "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"
   KarpenterControllerPolicy: