diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/cloudformation.json b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/cloudformation.json
index 2ee5e35d52a1b..718bff137d6c3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/cloudformation.json
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/cloudformation.json
@@ -434,6 +434,9 @@
               }
             }
           ],
+          "CreditSpecification": {
+            "CpuCredits": "standard"
+          },
           "IamInstanceProfile": {
             "Name": {
               "Ref": "AWSIAMInstanceProfilenodescomplexexamplecom"
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
index a39d22e0078ce..3400c908e58c4 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ spec:
   detailedInstanceMonitoring: true
   rootVolumeDeleteOnTermination: false
   rootVolumeEncryption: true
+  cpuCredits: standard
   volumes:
   - device: /dev/xvdd
     deleteOnTermination: false
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
index f1e80a900ef65..797f2c8189b62 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ spec:
   detailedInstanceMonitoring: true
   rootVolumeDeleteOnTermination: false
   rootVolumeEncryption: true
+  cpuCredits: standard
   volumes:
   - device: /dev/xvdd
     deleteOnTermination: false
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/instancegroup.nodes.overrides.txt b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/instancegroup.nodes.overrides.txt
index 1145ad24ddf7a..8d6897d14ccd0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/instancegroup.nodes.overrides.txt
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/instancegroup.nodes.overrides.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-spec.mixedInstancesPolicy.instances=m5.large
+spec.mixedInstancesPolicy.instances=t3.large
 ---
-spec.mixedInstancesPolicy.instances=m5.xlarge
\ No newline at end of file
+spec.mixedInstancesPolicy.instances=t2.medium
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/kubernetes.tf b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/kubernetes.tf
index 53b552d1d8305..d900ff39aa027 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/kubernetes.tf
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/kubernetes.tf
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "nodes-complex-example-com" {
       volume_type           = "gp2"
     }
   }
+  credit_specification {
+    cpu_credits = "standard"
+  }
   iam_instance_profile {
     name = aws_iam_instance_profile.nodes-complex-example-com.id
   }