diff --git a/autogen/main/README.md b/autogen/main/README.md
index f47c6171d7..4206111f2f 100644
--- a/autogen/main/README.md
+++ b/autogen/main/README.md
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ The node_pools variable takes the following parameters:
 | cpu_manager_policy | The CPU manager policy on the node. One of "none" or "static". | "static" | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota | Enforces the Pod's CPU limit. Setting this value to false means that the CPU limits for Pods are ignored | null | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota_period | The CPU CFS quota period value, which specifies the period of how often a cgroup's access to CPU resources should be reallocated | null | Optional |
+| pod_pids_limit | Controls the maximum number of processes allowed to run in a pod. The value must be greater than or equal to 1024 and less than 4194304. | null | Optional |
 | enable\_confidential\_nodes | An optional flag to enable confidential node config. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 {% endif %}
 | disk_size_gb | Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB | 100 | Optional |
diff --git a/autogen/main/cluster.tf.tmpl b/autogen/main/cluster.tf.tmpl
index 859499c51a..ddeccb61ef 100644
--- a/autogen/main/cluster.tf.tmpl
+++ b/autogen/main/cluster.tf.tmpl
@@ -985,13 +985,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "windows_pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
     {% endif %}
diff --git a/examples/node_pool/main.tf b/examples/node_pool/main.tf
index 634a3b2965..8da1827934 100644
--- a/examples/node_pool/main.tf
+++ b/examples/node_pool/main.tf
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ module "gke" {
       cpu_manager_policy        = "static"
       cpu_cfs_quota             = true
       local_ssd_ephemeral_count = 2
+      pod_pids_limit            = 4096
     },
     {
       name                = "pool-04"
diff --git a/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/README.md b/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/README.md
index df021bbc49..813c0148a7 100644
--- a/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/README.md
+++ b/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/README.md
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ The node_pools variable takes the following parameters:
 | cpu_manager_policy | The CPU manager policy on the node. One of "none" or "static". | "static" | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota | Enforces the Pod's CPU limit. Setting this value to false means that the CPU limits for Pods are ignored | null | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota_period | The CPU CFS quota period value, which specifies the period of how often a cgroup's access to CPU resources should be reallocated | null | Optional |
+| pod_pids_limit | Controls the maximum number of processes allowed to run in a pod. The value must be greater than or equal to 1024 and less than 4194304. | null | Optional |
 | enable\_confidential\_nodes | An optional flag to enable confidential node config. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | disk_size_gb | Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB | 100 | Optional |
 | disk_type | Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. 'pd-standard' or 'pd-ssd') | pd-standard | Optional |
diff --git a/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf b/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
index a5b96fd63c..cef54d371d 100644
--- a/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
+++ b/modules/beta-private-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
@@ -868,13 +868,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
@@ -1153,13 +1154,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "windows_pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/beta-private-cluster/README.md b/modules/beta-private-cluster/README.md
index 2fec641037..eb2c47b61e 100644
--- a/modules/beta-private-cluster/README.md
+++ b/modules/beta-private-cluster/README.md
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ The node_pools variable takes the following parameters:
 | cpu_manager_policy | The CPU manager policy on the node. One of "none" or "static". | "static" | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota | Enforces the Pod's CPU limit. Setting this value to false means that the CPU limits for Pods are ignored | null | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota_period | The CPU CFS quota period value, which specifies the period of how often a cgroup's access to CPU resources should be reallocated | null | Optional |
+| pod_pids_limit | Controls the maximum number of processes allowed to run in a pod. The value must be greater than or equal to 1024 and less than 4194304. | null | Optional |
 | enable\_confidential\_nodes | An optional flag to enable confidential node config. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | disk_size_gb | Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB | 100 | Optional |
 | disk_type | Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. 'pd-standard' or 'pd-ssd') | pd-standard | Optional |
diff --git a/modules/beta-private-cluster/cluster.tf b/modules/beta-private-cluster/cluster.tf
index 4ec2614867..5fbe49a699 100644
--- a/modules/beta-private-cluster/cluster.tf
+++ b/modules/beta-private-cluster/cluster.tf
@@ -789,13 +789,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
@@ -1073,13 +1074,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "windows_pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/README.md b/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/README.md
index eb71fa8cf5..3f43c0a471 100644
--- a/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/README.md
+++ b/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/README.md
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ The node_pools variable takes the following parameters:
 | cpu_manager_policy | The CPU manager policy on the node. One of "none" or "static". | "static" | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota | Enforces the Pod's CPU limit. Setting this value to false means that the CPU limits for Pods are ignored | null | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota_period | The CPU CFS quota period value, which specifies the period of how often a cgroup's access to CPU resources should be reallocated | null | Optional |
+| pod_pids_limit | Controls the maximum number of processes allowed to run in a pod. The value must be greater than or equal to 1024 and less than 4194304. | null | Optional |
 | enable\_confidential\_nodes | An optional flag to enable confidential node config. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | disk_size_gb | Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB | 100 | Optional |
 | disk_type | Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. 'pd-standard' or 'pd-ssd') | pd-standard | Optional |
diff --git a/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf b/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
index 8461ae63b7..9795922e4f 100644
--- a/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
+++ b/modules/beta-public-cluster-update-variant/cluster.tf
@@ -849,13 +849,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
@@ -1134,13 +1135,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "windows_pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/modules/beta-public-cluster/README.md b/modules/beta-public-cluster/README.md
index 5f1d6445f9..1e8a3ef9fb 100644
--- a/modules/beta-public-cluster/README.md
+++ b/modules/beta-public-cluster/README.md
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ The node_pools variable takes the following parameters:
 | cpu_manager_policy | The CPU manager policy on the node. One of "none" or "static". | "static" | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota | Enforces the Pod's CPU limit. Setting this value to false means that the CPU limits for Pods are ignored | null | Optional |
 | cpu_cfs_quota_period | The CPU CFS quota period value, which specifies the period of how often a cgroup's access to CPU resources should be reallocated | null | Optional |
+| pod_pids_limit | Controls the maximum number of processes allowed to run in a pod. The value must be greater than or equal to 1024 and less than 4194304. | null | Optional |
 | enable\_confidential\_nodes | An optional flag to enable confidential node config. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | disk_size_gb | Size of the disk attached to each node, specified in GB. The smallest allowed disk size is 10GB | 100 | Optional |
 | disk_type | Type of the disk attached to each node (e.g. 'pd-standard' or 'pd-ssd') | pd-standard | Optional |
diff --git a/modules/beta-public-cluster/cluster.tf b/modules/beta-public-cluster/cluster.tf
index 0a92c4d317..73dad2ee55 100644
--- a/modules/beta-public-cluster/cluster.tf
+++ b/modules/beta-public-cluster/cluster.tf
@@ -770,13 +770,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }
 
@@ -1054,13 +1055,14 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "windows_pools" {
     dynamic "kubelet_config" {
       for_each = length(setintersection(
         keys(each.value),
-        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period"]
+        ["cpu_manager_policy", "cpu_cfs_quota", "cpu_cfs_quota_period", "pod_pids_limit"]
       )) != 0 ? [1] : []
 
       content {
         cpu_manager_policy   = lookup(each.value, "cpu_manager_policy", "static")
         cpu_cfs_quota        = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota", null)
         cpu_cfs_quota_period = lookup(each.value, "cpu_cfs_quota_period", null)
+        pod_pids_limit       = lookup(each.value, "pod_pids_limit", null)
       }
     }