diff --git a/examples/managed_bottlerocket_node_group/main.tf b/examples/managed_bottlerocket_node_group/main.tf
index 8cab9993d9..90201dbe5b 100644
--- a/examples/managed_bottlerocket_node_group/main.tf
+++ b/examples/managed_bottlerocket_node_group/main.tf
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ module "eks" {
 [settings.kubernetes.node-labels]
 ingress = "allowed"
 EOT
+
+      device_name = "/dev/xvdb"
+      disk_type   = "gp3"
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/launch_template.tf b/modules/node_groups/launch_template.tf
index d2b0f7855f..bab7168256 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/launch_template.tf
+++ b/modules/node_groups/launch_template.tf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ resource "aws_launch_template" "workers" {
   update_default_version = lookup(each.value, "update_default_version", true)
 
   block_device_mappings {
-    device_name = "/dev/xvda"
+    device_name = each.value["device_name"]
 
     ebs {
       volume_size           = lookup(each.value, "disk_size", null)
diff --git a/modules/node_groups/locals.tf b/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
index bee8e47d1e..ebcf1aaa45 100644
--- a/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
+++ b/modules/node_groups/locals.tf
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ locals {
       create_launch_template               = false
       bootstrap_env                        = {}
       kubelet_extra_args                   = var.workers_group_defaults["kubelet_extra_args"]
+      device_name                          = coalesce(var.workers_group_defaults["root_block_device_name"], "/dev/xvda")
       disk_size                            = var.workers_group_defaults["root_volume_size"]
       disk_type                            = var.workers_group_defaults["root_volume_type"]
       disk_iops                            = var.workers_group_defaults["root_iops"]