diff --git a/integration/tests/update/update_cluster_test.go b/integration/tests/update/update_cluster_test.go
index 643dba80950..5c00c01de6a 100644
--- a/integration/tests/update/update_cluster_test.go
+++ b/integration/tests/update/update_cluster_test.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ var (
 
 const (
 	initNG = "kp-ng-0"
+	botNG  = "bot-ng-0"
 )
 
 var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
@@ -104,6 +105,19 @@ var _ = BeforeSuite(func() {
 		"--kubeconfig", params.KubeconfigPath,
 	)
 	Expect(cmd).To(RunSuccessfully())
+
+	cmd = params.EksctlCreateCmd.WithArgs(
+		"nodegroup",
+		"--verbose", "4",
+		"--cluster", defaultCluster,
+		"--tags", "alpha.eksctl.io/description=eksctl integration test",
+		"--name", botNG,
+		"--node-type", "t3.small",
+		"--nodes", "1",
+		"--node-ami-family", "Bottlerocket",
+		"--node-labels", "ng-name="+botNG,
+	)
+	Expect(cmd).To(RunSuccessfully())
 })
 var _ = Describe("(Integration) Upgrading cluster", func() {
 
@@ -200,7 +214,7 @@ var _ = Describe("(Integration) Upgrading cluster", func() {
 	})
 
 	Context("nodegroup", func() {
-		It("should upgrade the nodegroup to the next version", func() {
+		It("should upgrade the initial nodegroup to the next version", func() {
 			cmd := params.EksctlUpgradeCmd.WithArgs(
 				"nodegroup",
 				"--verbose", "4",
@@ -219,6 +233,26 @@ var _ = Describe("(Integration) Upgrading cluster", func() {
 			)
 			ExpectWithOffset(1, cmd).To(RunSuccessfullyWithOutputString(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("Version: \"%s\"", nextEKSVersion))))
 		})
+
+		It("should upgrade the Bottlerocket nodegroup to the next version", func() {
+			cmd := params.EksctlUpgradeCmd.WithArgs(
+				"nodegroup",
+				"--verbose", "4",
+				"--cluster", params.ClusterName,
+				"--name", botNG,
+				"--kubernetes-version", nextEKSVersion,
+				"--timeout=60m", // wait for CF stacks to finish update
+			)
+			ExpectWithOffset(1, cmd).To(RunSuccessfullyWithOutputString(ContainSubstring("nodegroup successfully upgraded")))
+
+			cmd = params.EksctlGetCmd.WithArgs(
+				"nodegroup",
+				"--cluster", params.ClusterName,
+				"--name", botNG,
+				"--output", "yaml",
+			)
+			ExpectWithOffset(1, cmd).To(RunSuccessfullyWithOutputString(ContainSubstring(fmt.Sprintf("Version: \"%s\"", nextEKSVersion))))
+		})
 	})
 })