diff --git a/cmd/instance/instance.go b/cmd/instance/instance.go
index 3ac9251..656aa1f 100644
--- a/cmd/instance/instance.go
+++ b/cmd/instance/instance.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func init() {
 	instanceCreateCmd.Flags().StringVar(&script, "script", "", "path to a script that will be uploaded to /usr/local/bin/civo-user-init-script on your instance, read/write/executable only by root and then will be executed at the end of the cloud initialization")
 	instanceCreateCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&skipShebangCheck, "skip-shebang-check", false, "skip the shebang line check when passing a user init script")
 	instanceCreateCmd.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&volumes, "volumes", "v", []string{}, "List of volumes to attach at boot")
+	instanceCreateCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&volumetype, "volume-type", "", "", "Specify the volume type for the instance")
 
 	instanceStopCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&waitStop, "wait", "w", false, "wait until the instance's is stoped")
 }
diff --git a/cmd/instance/instance_create.go b/cmd/instance/instance_create.go
index c6871e4..d1b1630 100644
--- a/cmd/instance/instance_create.go
+++ b/cmd/instance/instance_create.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var wait bool
-var hostnameCreate, size, diskimage, publicip, initialuser, sshkey, tags, network, privateIPv4, reservedIPv4, firewall string
+var hostnameCreate, size, diskimage, publicip, initialuser, sshkey, tags, network, privateIPv4, reservedIPv4, firewall, volumetype string
 var script string
 var skipShebangCheck bool
 var volumes []string
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ If you wish to use a custom format, the available fields are:
 			config.ReservedIPv4 = reservedIPv4
 		}
 
+		if volumetype != "" {
+			if !validateAndSetVolumeType(client, volumetype, config) {
+				utility.Error("The provided volume type is not valid")
+				os.Exit(1)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// Set private_ipv4 if provided
 		if privateIPv4 != "" {
 			config.PrivateIPv4 = privateIPv4
@@ -347,3 +354,23 @@ If you wish to use a custom format, the available fields are:
 		}
 	},
 }
+
+// Helper function to validate volume type and set it in config
+func validateAndSetVolumeType(client *civogo.Client, volumetype string, config *civogo.InstanceConfig) bool {
+	// Fetch volume types from Civo API
+	volumeTypes, err := client.ListVolumeTypes()
+	if err != nil {
+		utility.Error("Unable to list volume types %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	// Check if the provided volume type is valid
+	for _, v := range volumeTypes {
+		if v.Name == volumetype {
+			config.VolumeType = v.Name
+			return true // Volume type is valid
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false // Volume type is not valid
+}
diff --git a/cmd/instance/instance_show.go b/cmd/instance/instance_show.go
index 183f5e9..c8ba467 100644
--- a/cmd/instance/instance_show.go
+++ b/cmd/instance/instance_show.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ If you wish to use a custom format, the available fields are:
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("hostname", instance.Hostname, "Hostname")
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("status", utility.ColorStatus(instance.Status), "Status")
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("size", instance.Size, "Size")
+		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("volume-type", instance.VolumeType, "Volume Type")
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("cpu_cores", strconv.Itoa(instance.CPUCores), "Cpu Cores")
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("ram_mb", strconv.Itoa(instance.RAMMegabytes), "Ram")
 		ow.AppendDataWithLabel("disk_gb", strconv.Itoa(instance.DiskGigabytes), "SSD disk")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6de310e..b0dc216 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradfitz/iter v0.0.0-20191230175014-e8f45d346db8 // indirect
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.11.1
 	github.com/c4milo/unpackit v0.0.0-20170704181138-4ed373e9ef1c // indirect
-	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.82
+	github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.84
 	github.com/dsnet/compress v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b8fda7a..f493363 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.11.1/go.mod h1:QOuQk7x+EaDASo80FEXwlwiA+j/PPIcX
 github.com/c4milo/unpackit v0.0.0-20170704181138-4ed373e9ef1c h1:aprLqMn7gSPT+vdDSl+/E6NLEuArwD/J7IWd8bJt5lQ=
 github.com/c4milo/unpackit v0.0.0-20170704181138-4ed373e9ef1c/go.mod h1:Ie6SubJv/NTO9Q0UBH0QCl3Ve50lu9hjbi5YJUw03TE=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash v1.1.0/go.mod h1:XrSqR1VqqWfGrhpAt58auRo0WTKS1nRRg3ghfAqPWnc=
-github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.82 h1:5UD1BrYzJ851BCnaViAW9GvrCxzU0Dgz9gFEMgI/2zY=
-github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.82/go.mod h1:7UCYX+qeeJbrG55E1huv+0ySxcHTqq/26FcHLVelQJM=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.84 h1:jf5IT7VJFPaReO6g8B0zqKhsYCIizaGo4PjDLY7Sl6Y=
+github.com/civo/civogo v0.3.84/go.mod h1:7UCYX+qeeJbrG55E1huv+0ySxcHTqq/26FcHLVelQJM=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=