diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper.go
index d0cbe62b07..fdaec7256c 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper.go
@@ -129,11 +129,24 @@ func adjustResourceRequirement(resourceName v1.ResourceName, resourceRequirement
 	resourceRequirements.Limits[resourceName] = resourceValue.Limit
 }
 
+// Convert GPU resource requirements named 'gpu' the recognized 'nvidia.com/gpu' identifier.
+func SanitizeGPUResourceRequirements(resources *v1.ResourceRequirements) {
+	gpuResourceName := config.GetK8sPluginConfig().GpuResourceName
+
+	if res, found := resources.Requests[resourceGPU]; found {
+		resources.Requests[gpuResourceName] = res
+		delete(resources.Requests, resourceGPU)
+	}
+
+	if res, found := resources.Limits[resourceGPU]; found {
+		resources.Limits[gpuResourceName] = res
+		delete(resources.Limits, resourceGPU)
+	}
+}
+
 // ApplyResourceOverrides handles resource resolution, allocation and validation. Primarily, it ensures that container
 // resources do not exceed defined platformResource limits and in the case of assignIfUnset, ensures that limits and
 // requests are sensibly set for resources of all types.
-// Furthermore, this function handles some clean-up such as converting GPU resources to the recognized Nvidia gpu
-// resource name and deleting unsupported Storage-type resources.
 func ApplyResourceOverrides(resources, platformResources v1.ResourceRequirements, assignIfUnset bool) v1.ResourceRequirements {
 	if len(resources.Requests) == 0 {
 		resources.Requests = make(v1.ResourceList)
@@ -169,19 +182,6 @@ func ApplyResourceOverrides(resources, platformResources v1.ResourceRequirements
 		shouldAdjustGPU = true
 	}
 
-	// Override GPU
-	if res, found := resources.Requests[resourceGPU]; found {
-		resources.Requests[gpuResourceName] = res
-		delete(resources.Requests, resourceGPU)
-		shouldAdjustGPU = true
-	}
-
-	if res, found := resources.Limits[resourceGPU]; found {
-		resources.Limits[gpuResourceName] = res
-		delete(resources.Limits, resourceGPU)
-		shouldAdjustGPU = true
-	}
-
 	if shouldAdjustGPU {
 		adjustResourceRequirement(gpuResourceName, resources, platformResources, assignIfUnset)
 	}
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ func AddFlyteCustomizationsToContainer(ctx context.Context, parameters template.
 		overrideResources = &v1.ResourceRequirements{}
 	}
 
+	SanitizeGPUResourceRequirements(&container.Resources)
+
 	logger.Infof(ctx, "ApplyResourceOverrides with Resources [%v], Platform Resources [%v] and Container"+
 		" Resources [%v] with mode [%v]", overrideResources, platformResources, container.Resources, mode)
 
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper_test.go
index d48b99ab39..ece0f724c4 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/flytek8s/container_helper_test.go
@@ -237,19 +237,37 @@ func TestApplyResourceOverrides_OverrideGpu(t *testing.T) {
 	gpuRequest := resource.MustParse("1")
 	overrides := ApplyResourceOverrides(v1.ResourceRequirements{
 		Requests: v1.ResourceList{
-			resourceGPU: gpuRequest,
+			ResourceNvidiaGPU: gpuRequest,
 		},
 	}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}, assignIfUnset)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, gpuRequest, overrides.Requests[ResourceNvidiaGPU])
 
 	overrides = ApplyResourceOverrides(v1.ResourceRequirements{
 		Limits: v1.ResourceList{
-			resourceGPU: gpuRequest,
+			ResourceNvidiaGPU: gpuRequest,
 		},
 	}, v1.ResourceRequirements{}, assignIfUnset)
 	assert.EqualValues(t, gpuRequest, overrides.Limits[ResourceNvidiaGPU])
 }
 
+func TestSanitizeGPUResourceRequirements(t *testing.T) {
+	gpuRequest := resource.MustParse("4")
+	requirements := v1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Requests: v1.ResourceList{
+			resourceGPU: gpuRequest,
+		},
+	}
+
+	expectedRequirements := v1.ResourceRequirements{
+		Requests: v1.ResourceList{
+			ResourceNvidiaGPU: gpuRequest,
+		},
+	}
+
+	SanitizeGPUResourceRequirements(&requirements)
+	assert.EqualValues(t, expectedRequirements, requirements)
+}
+
 func TestMergeResources_EmptyIn(t *testing.T) {
 	requestedResourceQuantity := resource.MustParse("1")
 	expectedResources := v1.ResourceRequirements{
@@ -602,6 +620,42 @@ func TestAddFlyteCustomizationsToContainer_Resources(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.True(t, container.Resources.Requests.Memory().Equal(resource.MustParse("2")))
 		assert.True(t, container.Resources.Limits.Memory().Equal(resource.MustParse("2")))
 	})
+	t.Run("ensure gpu resource overriding works for tasks with pod templates", func(t *testing.T) {
+		container := &v1.Container{
+			Command: []string{
+				"{{ .Input }}",
+			},
+			Args: []string{
+				"{{ .OutputPrefix }}",
+			},
+			Resources: v1.ResourceRequirements{
+				Requests: v1.ResourceList{
+					resourceGPU: resource.MustParse("2"), // Tasks with pod templates request resource via the "gpu" key
+				},
+				Limits: v1.ResourceList{
+					resourceGPU: resource.MustParse("2"),
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		overrideRequests := v1.ResourceList{
+			ResourceNvidiaGPU: resource.MustParse("4"), // Resource overrides specify the "nvidia.com/gpu" key
+		}
+
+		overrideLimits := v1.ResourceList{
+			ResourceNvidiaGPU: resource.MustParse("4"),
+		}
+
+		templateParameters := getTemplateParametersForTest(&v1.ResourceRequirements{
+			Requests: overrideRequests,
+			Limits:   overrideLimits,
+		}, &v1.ResourceRequirements{})
+
+		err := AddFlyteCustomizationsToContainer(context.TODO(), templateParameters, ResourceCustomizationModeMergeExistingResources, container)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, container.Resources.Requests[ResourceNvidiaGPU], overrideRequests[ResourceNvidiaGPU])
+		assert.Equal(t, container.Resources.Limits[ResourceNvidiaGPU], overrideLimits[ResourceNvidiaGPU])
+	})
 }
 
 func TestAddFlyteCustomizationsToContainer_ValidateExistingResources(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/array/awsbatch/transformer.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/array/awsbatch/transformer.go
index c75ca61c42..68dc88c883 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/array/awsbatch/transformer.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/array/awsbatch/transformer.go
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ func FlyteTaskToBatchInput(ctx context.Context, tCtx pluginCore.TaskExecutionCon
 	if platformResources == nil {
 		platformResources = &v1.ResourceRequirements{}
 	}
+
+	flytek8s.SanitizeGPUResourceRequirements(res)
 	resources := flytek8s.ApplyResourceOverrides(*res, *platformResources, assignResources)
 
 	submitJobInput := &batch.SubmitJobInput{}