diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1abb1966b4..5d0ae17cc5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test-e2e-single-az:
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e-multi-az
 test-e2e-multi-az:
-	AWS_REGION=us-west-2 AWS_AVAILABILITY_ZONES=us-west-2a,us-west-2b,us-west-2c GINKGO_FOCUS="\[ebs-csi-e2e\] \[multi-az\]" ./hack/run-e2e-test
+	AWS_REGION=us-west-2 AWS_AVAILABILITY_ZONES=us-west-2a,us-west-2b,us-west-2c INSTANCE_TYPE=c5.large GINKGO_FOCUS="\[ebs-csi-e2e\] \[multi-az\]" ./hack/run-e2e-test
 
 .PHONY: image-release
 image-release:
diff --git a/hack/run-e2e-test b/hack/run-e2e-test
index 66c7e5de19..7425ea1a35 100755
--- a/hack/run-e2e-test
+++ b/hack/run-e2e-test
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ZONES=${AWS_AVAILABILITY_ZONES-us-east-1a,us-east-1b,us-east-1c}
 FOCUS=${GINKGO_FOCUS-"[ebs-csi-e2e]"}
 NODES=${GINKGO_NODES:-32}
 K8S_VERSION=${K8S_VERSION-1.14.0}
+INSTANCE_TYPE=${INSTANCE_TYPE-c4.large}
 
 source $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/utils/helm.sh
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ ssh-keygen -P csi-e2e -f $SSH_KEY_PATH
 $KOPS_PATH create cluster --state $KOPS_STATE_FILE \
     --zones $ZONES \
     --node-count=3 \
+    --node-size=$INSTANCE_TYPE \
     --kubernetes-version=$K8S_VERSION \
     --ssh-public-key=$SSH_KEY_PATH.pub \
         $CLUSTER_NAME.k8s.local