diff --git a/.nancy-ignore b/.nancy-ignore
index d8134cd19b..d18c58b4aa 100644
--- a/.nancy-ignore
+++ b/.nancy-ignore
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ CVE-2023-32731
 CVE-2023-3978
 CVE-2023-47090
 CVE-2023-47108
+CVE-2024-25620
+CVE-2024-26147
+CVE-2019-25210
+CVE-2024-24786
+CVE-2023-48795
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2100f95469..2e5520b42f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- [Backport] Bump k8scc to 16.8.1 fix issues with IMDS v2.
+
 ## [15.0.0-patch2] - 2024-03-04
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7392f5d731..eb04411b3d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/giantswarm/certs/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/ipam v0.3.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/k8sclient/v7 v7.2.0
-	github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.0
+	github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.1
 	github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.23.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/kubelock/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/giantswarm/microendpoint v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d81c6c90a9..11342ec7ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ github.com/giantswarm/ipam v0.3.0 h1:QNb4k5Zu6nGsqJkAM7dLM1J6TiUP+LGjo9CPR+ewZBk
 github.com/giantswarm/ipam v0.3.0/go.mod h1:xG4cMEKwHlbE0aZ7x2H5j7o81U13LIStA73XCECdk+I=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8sclient/v7 v7.2.0 h1:twh4egNcuTJEH7R/hYVhs8nwEXPlr0u/o9CB1Kv9H9A=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8sclient/v7 v7.2.0/go.mod h1:kZGRtOqe4vAKXtWm69tsj2Q9CpWlwzpa1uP1lfDtjlE=
-github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.0 h1:hfqvRisdcJ/dSlKGHP8WTq4dZUi1DEaUKi4N2eor768=
-github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.0/go.mod h1:AGnaR+F72BL0zgjPCcBWgBYXLunQ5OjeTC/c1MxVLTI=
+github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.1 h1:jX77iiDPQMAlJSz1G5cz4Pf7YaHESN3/mspzpY3b/6c=
+github.com/giantswarm/k8scloudconfig/v16 v16.8.1/go.mod h1:AGnaR+F72BL0zgjPCcBWgBYXLunQ5OjeTC/c1MxVLTI=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.23.0 h1:iGwa1Nb45Sfcd5wqJEKBvxY1u5yXFg3Sq5Fw62nyRGA=
 github.com/giantswarm/k8smetadata v0.23.0/go.mod h1:QiQAyaZnwco1U0lENLF0Kp4bSN4dIPwIlHWEvUo3ES8=
 github.com/giantswarm/kubelock/v4 v4.0.0 h1:qvFGOIlDthAD8r32WcorT8R4gp3c1dpnDbHuLsDU2ZA=
diff --git a/pkg/project/project.go b/pkg/project/project.go
index fb7d962605..abb8cecf43 100644
--- a/pkg/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/project/project.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var (
 	gitSHA             = "n/a"
 	name        string = "aws-operator"
 	source      string = "https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator"
-	//version            = "15.0.0-patch2"
+	version            = "15.0.0-patch2"
 )
 
 func Description() string {
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ func Source() string {
 }
 
 func Version() string {
-	return "15.0.0"
+	return version
 }
diff --git a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/instance_health_check.go b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/instance_health_check.go
index 44a90beb5e..1f24279d74 100644
--- a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/instance_health_check.go
+++ b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/instance_health_check.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if test $(cut -d '.' -f1 /proc/uptime) -lt 900; then
 fi
 
 # AWS Metadata
-export INSTANCEID=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2> /dev/null)
+export INSTANCEID=$(/opt/imds-client /latest/meta-data/instance-id)
 
 # Additional ENVs
 . /etc/network-environment
diff --git a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/lifecycle_continue.go b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/lifecycle_continue.go
index 87c79dc8b4..1575a7d63d 100644
--- a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/lifecycle_continue.go
+++ b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/lifecycle_continue.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
 # AWS Metadata
-export INSTANCEID=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id 2> /dev/null)
+export INSTANCEID=$(/opt/imds-client /latest/meta-data/instance-id)
 
 # AWS Autoscaling Group Name
 export AUTOSCALINGGROUP=$(docker run --rm {{ .RegistryDomain }}/giantswarm/awscli:2.7.35 autoscaling describe-auto-scaling-instances --instance-ids=$INSTANCEID --query 'AutoScalingInstances[*].AutoScalingGroupName' --output text)
diff --git a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/set-hostname.go b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/set-hostname.go
index b6a24d1b72..b8e68dc1bb 100644
--- a/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/set-hostname.go
+++ b/service/internal/cloudconfig/template/set-hostname.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Before=k8s-kubelet.service
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "hostnamectl set-hostname $(curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/local-hostname)"
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "hostnamectl set-hostname $(/opt/imds-client /latest/meta-data/local-hostname)"
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target