diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8-beta.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8-beta.yaml
index e20b4dd..6e0cff7 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8-beta.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8-beta.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud:
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8lh.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8lh.yaml
index cf099db..42a3e89 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8lh.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8lh.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud:
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
index e971314..8d862c8 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9-beta.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud:
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
index 034ffb7..b6eec37 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud:
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
index a6d5a51..33059c0 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el9lh.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud:
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
index c5ddf70..56d51b1 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/rln.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud: