diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8.yaml b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8.yaml
index 0b027a4..7897e60 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8.yaml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/configs/el8.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       EC2:
-        format: raw
+        format: qcow2
         variants: [Base, LVM]
         primary_variant: 'Base'
       GenericCloud: