diff --git a/src/init/init-template.yml b/src/init/init-template.yml
index e2ba463..27cb442 100644
--- a/src/init/init-template.yml
+++ b/src/init/init-template.yml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ Resources:
       Description: Use Cloud 9 as the default environment to launch your operations.
       InstanceType: t2.micro
       Name: Secure-Serverless-Cloud9
+      ImageId : "amazonlinux-2023-x86_64"
       SubnetId: !Ref PublicSubnet1
   
   DeploymentsS3Bucket: