diff --git a/test/cases/aws.sh b/test/cases/aws.sh
index 2df94bfb6f..6be22bc213 100755
--- a/test/cases/aws.sh
+++ b/test/cases/aws.sh
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ tee "${TEMPDIR}/resource-file.json" <<EOF
             "region": "us-east-1",
             "instance_type": "t3.medium",
             "username": "$SSH_USER",
-            "name": "civ-testing-image"
+            "name": "civ-testing-image",
+            "spot_instance": true
         }
     ]
 }