diff --git a/core/controlplane/config/templates/stack-template.json b/core/controlplane/config/templates/stack-template.json
index 7cb603041..2fccae7a9 100644
--- a/core/controlplane/config/templates/stack-template.json
+++ b/core/controlplane/config/templates/stack-template.json
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
         }],
         "HostedZoneTags" : [{
           "Key": "kubernetes.io/cluster/{{$.ClusterName}}",
-          "Value": "true"
+          "Value": "owned"
         }]
       }
     },
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@
           {
             "Key": "kubernetes.io/cluster/{{$.ClusterName}}",
             "PropagateAtLaunch": "true",
-            "Value": "true"
+            "Value": "owned"
           },
           {
             "Key": "Name",
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@
         "Tags": [
           {
             "Key": "kubernetes.io/cluster/{{.ClusterName}}",
-            "Value": "true"
+            "Value": "owned"
           },
           {
             "Key": "Name",
diff --git a/core/nodepool/config/templates/stack-template.json b/core/nodepool/config/templates/stack-template.json
index 6735deaea..1e5a92496 100644
--- a/core/nodepool/config/templates/stack-template.json
+++ b/core/nodepool/config/templates/stack-template.json
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
           {
             "Key": "kubernetes.io/cluster/{{ .ClusterName }}",
             "PropagateAtLaunch": "true",
-            "Value": "true"
+            "Value": "owned"
           },
           {
             "Key": "kube-aws:node-pool:name",