diff --git a/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf b/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
index f0273001..c8974174 100644
--- a/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
+++ b/lib/aws/bootstrap/eks-master-cluster.j2.tf
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ resource "aws_eks_cluster" "eks_cluster" {
 
   # grow this value to reduce random AWS API timeouts
   timeouts {
-    create = "60 minutes"
-    update = "90 minutes"
+    create = "60m"
+    update = "90m"
+    delete = "30m"
   }
 
   depends_on = [
diff --git a/lib/aws/bootstrap/tf-providers-aws.j2.tf b/lib/aws/bootstrap/tf-providers-aws.j2.tf
index 18093334..c4612160 100644
--- a/lib/aws/bootstrap/tf-providers-aws.j2.tf
+++ b/lib/aws/bootstrap/tf-providers-aws.j2.tf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ terraform {
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version    = "~> 3.59.0"
+      version    = "~> 3.66.0"
     }
     external = {
       source = "hashicorp/external"