diff --git a/examples/managed-nodegroups/index.ts b/examples/managed-nodegroups/index.ts
index d349ffb9a..fa65ccc68 100644
--- a/examples/managed-nodegroups/index.ts
+++ b/examples/managed-nodegroups/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as aws from "@pulumi/aws";
+import * as awsx from "@pulumi/awsx";
 import * as eks from "@pulumi/eks";
 import * as iam from "./iam";
 
@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@ const role0 = iam.createRole("example-role0");
 const role1 = iam.createRole("example-role1");
 const role2 = iam.createRole("example-role2");
 
+// Create a new VPC
+const eksVpc = new awsx.ec2.Vpc("eks-vpc", {
+  enableDnsHostnames: true,
+  cidrBlock: "10.0.0.0/16",
+});
+
 // Create an EKS cluster.
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster("example-managed-nodegroups", {
-    skipDefaultNodeGroup: true,
-    deployDashboard: false,
-    instanceRoles: [role0, role1, role2],
+  skipDefaultNodeGroup: true,
+  deployDashboard: false,
+  vpcId: eksVpc.vpcId,
+  // Public subnets will be used for load balancers
+  publicSubnetIds: eksVpc.publicSubnetIds,
+  // Private subnets will be used for cluster nodes
+  privateSubnetIds: eksVpc.privateSubnetIds,
+  instanceRoles: [role0, role1, role2],
 });
 
 // Export the cluster's kubeconfig.
@@ -20,32 +31,41 @@ export const kubeconfig = cluster.kubeconfig;
 // Create a simple AWS managed node group using a cluster as input and the
 // refactored API.
 const managedNodeGroup0 = eks.createManagedNodeGroup("example-managed-ng0", {
-    cluster: cluster,
-    nodeRole: role0,
-    kubeletExtraArgs: "--max-pods=500",
+  cluster: cluster,
+  nodeRole: role0,
+  kubeletExtraArgs: "--max-pods=500",
+  enableIMDSv2: true,
 });
 
 // Create a simple AWS managed node group using a cluster as input and the
 // initial API.
-const managedNodeGroup1 = eks.createManagedNodeGroup("example-managed-ng1", {
+const managedNodeGroup1 = eks.createManagedNodeGroup(
+  "example-managed-ng1",
+  {
     cluster: cluster,
     nodeGroupName: "aws-managed-ng1",
     nodeRoleArn: role1.arn,
-}, cluster);
+  },
+  cluster
+);
 
 // Create an explicit AWS managed node group using a cluster as input and the
 // initial API.
-const managedNodeGroup2 = eks.createManagedNodeGroup("example-managed-ng2", {
+const managedNodeGroup2 = eks.createManagedNodeGroup(
+  "example-managed-ng2",
+  {
     cluster: cluster,
     nodeGroupName: "aws-managed-ng2",
     nodeRoleArn: role2.arn,
     scalingConfig: {
-        desiredSize: 1,
-        minSize: 1,
-        maxSize: 2,
+      desiredSize: 1,
+      minSize: 1,
+      maxSize: 2,
     },
     diskSize: 20,
     instanceTypes: ["t3.medium"],
-    labels: {"ondemand": "true"},
-    tags: {"org": "pulumi"},
-}, cluster);
+    labels: { ondemand: "true" },
+    tags: { org: "pulumi" },
+  },
+  cluster
+);
diff --git a/examples/managed-nodegroups/package.json b/examples/managed-nodegroups/package.json
index 101a6712f..c82f72618 100644
--- a/examples/managed-nodegroups/package.json
+++ b/examples/managed-nodegroups/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         "typescript": "^4.0.0"
     },
     "dependencies": {
-        "@pulumi/aws": "^6.0.4",
+        "@pulumi/awsx": "^2.0.0",
         "@pulumi/eks": "latest",
         "@pulumi/pulumi": "^3.0.0"
     }
diff --git a/nodejs/eks/nodegroup.ts b/nodejs/eks/nodegroup.ts
index eed577566..9749a3240 100644
--- a/nodejs/eks/nodegroup.ts
+++ b/nodejs/eks/nodegroup.ts
@@ -1800,6 +1800,9 @@ Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
         {
             userData,
             metadataOptions,
+            // We need to always supply an imageId, otherwise AWS will attempt to merge the user data which will result in
+            // nodes failing to join the cluster.
+            imageId: getRecommendedAMI(args, core.cluster.version, parent),
         },
         { parent, provider },
     );
@@ -1812,11 +1815,14 @@ Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
  * See: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/retrieve-ami-id.html
  */
 function getRecommendedAMI(
-    args: Omit<NodeGroupOptions, "cluster"> | Omit<NodeGroupV2Options, "cluster">,
+    args: Omit<NodeGroupOptions, "cluster"> | Omit<NodeGroupV2Options, "cluster"> | Omit<ManagedNodeGroupOptions, "cluster">,
     k8sVersion: pulumi.Output<string>,
     parent: pulumi.Resource | undefined,
 ): pulumi.Input<string> {
-    const amiType = getAMIType(args.amiType, args.gpu, args.instanceType);
+    const gpu = "gpu" in args ? args.gpu : undefined;
+    const instanceType = "instanceType" in args ? args.instanceType : undefined;
+
+    const amiType = getAMIType(args.amiType, gpu, instanceType);
     const amiID = k8sVersion.apply((v) => {
         const parameterName = `/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/${v}/${amiType}/recommended/image_id`;
         return pulumi.output(aws.ssm.getParameter({ name: parameterName }, { parent, async: true }))