diff --git a/manager/generate_eks.py b/manager/generate_eks.py
index 2f44d8be34..7297bd7eee 100644
--- a/manager/generate_eks.py
+++ b/manager/generate_eks.py
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ def apply_spot_settings(nodegroup, config):
 
 def apply_gpu_settings(nodegroup):
     gpu_settings = {
+        "preBootstrapCommands": [
+            "sed -i 's/cgroupDriver:.*/cgroupDriver: cgroupfs/' /etc/eksctl/kubelet.yaml"
+        ],
         "tags": {
             "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/node-template/label/nvidia.com/gpu": "true",
             "k8s.io/cluster-autoscaler/node-template/taint/dedicated": "nvidia.com/gpu=true",