diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/recipes/config/config_cfn_hup.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/recipes/config/config_cfn_hup.rb
index 7a82d5777..71e881e92 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/recipes/config/config_cfn_hup.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/recipes/config/config_cfn_hup.rb
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     region: node['cluster']['region'],
     cloudformation_url: cloudformation_url,
     cfn_init_role: instance_role_name,
-    launch_template_resource_id: node['cluster']['launch_template_id']
+    launch_template_resource_id: node['cluster']['launch_template_id'],
+    cfn_bootstrap_virtualenv_path: cookbook_virtualenv_path
   )
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/recipes/config_cfn_hup_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/recipes/config_cfn_hup_spec.rb
index 0e3c372a5..6c843103b 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/recipes/config_cfn_hup_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/recipes/config_cfn_hup_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   CLOUDFORMATION_URL = "https://cloudformation.#{AWS_REGION}.#{AWS_DOMAIN}"
   INSTANCE_ROLE_NAME = "INSTANCE_ROLE_NAME"
   LAUNCH_TEMPLATE_ID = "LAUNCH_TEMPLATE_ID"
+  CFN_BOOTSTRAP_VIRTUALENV_PATH = "CFN_BOOTSTRAP_VIRTUALENV_PATH"
 
   for_all_oses do |platform, version|
     context "on #{platform}#{version}" do
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
                cloudformation_url: CLOUDFORMATION_URL,
                cfn_init_role: INSTANCE_ROLE_NAME,
                launch_template_resource_id: LAUNCH_TEMPLATE_ID,
+               cfn_bootstrap_virtualenv_path: CFN_BOOTSTRAP_VIRTUALENV_PATH,
              })
           end
         end
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/templates/cfn_bootstrap/cfn-hook-update.conf.erb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/templates/cfn_bootstrap/cfn-hook-update.conf.erb
index 11abdf651..0a3cc3cc7 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/templates/cfn_bootstrap/cfn-hook-update.conf.erb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/templates/cfn_bootstrap/cfn-hook-update.conf.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [parallelcluster-update]
 triggers=post.update
 path=Resources.<%= @launch_template_resource_id %>.Metadata.AWS::CloudFormation::Init
-action=PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/aws/bin; . /etc/profile.d/pcluster_cookbook_environment.sh; $CFN_BOOTSTRAP_VIRTUALENV_PATH/cfn-init -v --stack <%= @stack_id %> --resource <%= @launch_template_resource_id %> --configsets update --region <%= @region %> --url <%= @cloudformation_url %> --role <%= @cfn_init_role %>
+action=PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/opt/aws/bin; . /etc/profile.d/pcluster_cookbook_environment.sh; <%= @cfn_bootstrap_virtualenv_path %>/bin/cfn-init -v --stack <%= @stack_id %> --resource <%= @launch_template_resource_id %> --configsets update --region <%= @region %> --url <%= @cloudformation_url %> --role <%= @cfn_init_role %>
 runas=root