diff --git a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
index 4cd0bbdb205..2045de56d7a 100644
--- a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
+++ b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ func validateAttachmentAndReturnProperties(message *ecsacs.ConfirmAttachmentMess
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "resource attachment validation by attachment type failed")
 		}
+		err = resource.ValidateFileSystemType(attachmentProperties[resource.FileSystemKey])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "resource attachment validation by file system property failed")
+		}
 		return attachmentProperties, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
index 39217718075..a9bccbfd8e6 100644
--- a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
+++ b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ const (
 	FileSystemKey           = "fileSystem"
 )
 
+var (
+	AllowedFSTypes = map[string]bool{
+		"xfs":  true,
+		"ext2": true,
+		"ext3": true,
+		"ext4": true,
+		"ntfs": true,
+	}
+)
+
 // getCommonProperties returns the common properties as used for validating a resource.
 func getCommonProperties() (commonProperties []string) {
 	commonProperties = []string{
diff --git a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
index e0b11b1463c..42e420ddfcf 100644
--- a/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
+++ b/agent/vendor/github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-agent/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
@@ -71,3 +71,12 @@ func ValidateRequiredProperties(actualProperties map[string]string, requiredProp
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// For EBS-backed task attachment payload, the file system type is optional. If we do receive a file system type value,
+// we want to validate what we receive is one of the following types [xfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ntfs].
+func ValidateFileSystemType(filesystemType string) error {
+	if filesystemType != "" && !AllowedFSTypes[filesystemType] {
+		return errors.Errorf("invalid file system type: %s", filesystemType)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go b/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
index 4cd0bbdb205..2045de56d7a 100644
--- a/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
+++ b/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder.go
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ func validateAttachmentAndReturnProperties(message *ecsacs.ConfirmAttachmentMess
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "resource attachment validation by attachment type failed")
 		}
+		err = resource.ValidateFileSystemType(attachmentProperties[resource.FileSystemKey])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "resource attachment validation by file system property failed")
+		}
 		return attachmentProperties, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder_test.go b/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder_test.go
index d269846eb7b..ce1d9d9f236 100644
--- a/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder_test.go
+++ b/ecs-agent/acs/session/attach_resource_responder_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ var (
 			Name:  aws.String(resource.DeviceNameKey),
 			Value: aws.String("device1"),
 		},
+		{
+			Name:  aws.String(resource.FileSystemKey),
+			Value: aws.String("ext4"),
+		},
 	}
 
 	testAttachmentProperties = []*ecsacs.AttachmentProperty{
@@ -244,6 +248,30 @@ func testValidateAttachmentAndReturnPropertiesWithAttachmentType(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		require.True(t, verified, "Missing required property: %s", requiredProperty)
 	}
+	validFileSystems := []string{"xfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "ntfs"}
+	for _, property := range confirmAttachmentMessageCopy.Attachment.AttachmentProperties {
+		if aws.StringValue(property.Name) == resource.FileSystemKey {
+			for _, fs := range validFileSystems {
+				originalPropertyValue := property.Value
+				property.Value = aws.String(fs)
+				_, err = validateAttachmentAndReturnProperties(&confirmAttachmentMessageCopy)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				property.Value = originalPropertyValue
+			}
+			originalPropertyValue := property.Value
+			property.Value = aws.String("SomeFilesystemType")
+			_, err = validateAttachmentAndReturnProperties(&confirmAttachmentMessageCopy)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			property.Value = originalPropertyValue
+
+			originalPropertyValue = property.Value
+			property.Value = aws.String("")
+			_, err = validateAttachmentAndReturnProperties(&confirmAttachmentMessageCopy)
+			require.Error(t, err)
+			property.Value = originalPropertyValue
+		}
+	}
+
 }
 
 // TestResourceAckHappyPath tests the happy path for a typical ConfirmAttachmentMessage and confirms expected
diff --git a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
index 39217718075..a9bccbfd8e6 100644
--- a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
+++ b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_attachment.go
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ const (
 	FileSystemKey           = "fileSystem"
 )
 
+var (
+	AllowedFSTypes = map[string]bool{
+		"xfs":  true,
+		"ext2": true,
+		"ext3": true,
+		"ext4": true,
+		"ntfs": true,
+	}
+)
+
 // getCommonProperties returns the common properties as used for validating a resource.
 func getCommonProperties() (commonProperties []string) {
 	commonProperties = []string{
diff --git a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
index e0b11b1463c..42e420ddfcf 100644
--- a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
+++ b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation.go
@@ -71,3 +71,12 @@ func ValidateRequiredProperties(actualProperties map[string]string, requiredProp
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// For EBS-backed task attachment payload, the file system type is optional. If we do receive a file system type value,
+// we want to validate what we receive is one of the following types [xfs, ext2, ext3, ext4, ntfs].
+func ValidateFileSystemType(filesystemType string) error {
+	if filesystemType != "" && !AllowedFSTypes[filesystemType] {
+		return errors.Errorf("invalid file system type: %s", filesystemType)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation_test.go b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation_test.go
index 1e741555a39..cdc5a048c7c 100644
--- a/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation_test.go
+++ b/ecs-agent/api/resource/resource_validation_test.go
@@ -83,3 +83,15 @@ func TestValidateVolumeResource(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestValidateVolumeFileSystem(t *testing.T) {
+	validFileSystems := []string{"xfs", "ext2", "ext3", "ext4", "ntfs"}
+
+	for _, fs := range validFileSystems {
+		err := ValidateFileSystemType(fs)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	err := ValidateFileSystemType("someFilesystem")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}