diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
index 4dd83cbefa3c..0fc4eda14a1c 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/ec2/amazon-image.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ in {
     configFile = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix" ''
       { modulesPath, ... }: {
         imports = [ "''${modulesPath}/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix" ];
+        system.stateVersion = "${config.system.stateVersion}";
         ${
           optionalString config.ec2.efi ''
             ec2.efi = true;