diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
index 5b852599d6cf..a192b91196de 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ in
 
   # Use a priority just below mkOptionDefault (1500) instead of lib.mkDefault
   # to avoid breaking existing configs using that.
-  config.virtualisation.diskSize = lib.mkOverride 1490 (3 * 1024);
+  config.virtualisation.diskSize = lib.mkOverride 1490 (4 * 1024);
   config.virtualisation.diskSizeAutoSupported = !config.ec2.zfs.enable;
 
   config.system.nixos.tags = [ "amazon" ];