diff --git a/streaming/kafka/eks.tf b/streaming/kafka/eks.tf
index 4d3c04f1d..af0ca2793 100644
--- a/streaming/kafka/eks.tf
+++ b/streaming/kafka/eks.tf
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ module "eks" {
       desired_size = 3
 
       instance_types = ["m6g.xlarge", "m6gd.xlarge", "m7g.xlarge", "c6g.xlarge", "c6gd.xlarge", "c7g.xlarge"]
-      ami_type       = "AL2_ARM_64"
+      ami_type       = "AL2023_ARM_64_STANDARD"
 
       ebs_optimized = true
       block_device_mappings = {
diff --git a/streaming/kafka/providers.tf b/streaming/kafka/providers.tf
index bb8c11bfd..2806009ba 100644
--- a/streaming/kafka/providers.tf
+++ b/streaming/kafka/providers.tf
@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ provider "aws" {
 }
 
 provider "kubernetes" {
-  # host                   = module.eks.cluster_endpoint
-  # cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(module.eks.cluster_certificate_authority_data)
-  # token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.this.token
-  config_path = "/Users/chrismld/.kube/config"
+  host                   = module.eks.cluster_endpoint
+  cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(module.eks.cluster_certificate_authority_data)
+  token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.this.token
 }
 
 provider "helm" {
   kubernetes {
-    # host                   = module.eks.cluster_endpoint
-    # cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(module.eks.cluster_certificate_authority_data)
-    # token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.this.token
-    config_path = "/Users/chrismld/.kube/config"
+    host                   = module.eks.cluster_endpoint
+    cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(module.eks.cluster_certificate_authority_data)
+    token                  = data.aws_eks_cluster_auth.this.token
   }
 }