diff --git a/assets/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/main.tf b/assets/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/main.tf
index 3db98a726..dd98ca3f9 100644
--- a/assets/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/main.tf
+++ b/assets/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/main.tf
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-provider "aws" {
-  # The Route 53 service doesn't need a specific region to operate, however
-  # the AWS Terraform provider needs it and the documentation suggests to use
-  # "us-east-1": https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/r53.html.
-  region = "us-east-1"
-}
-
 data "aws_route53_zone" "selected" {
   name = "${var.dns_zone}."
 }
diff --git a/pkg/assets/generated_assets.go b/pkg/assets/generated_assets.go
index fcf3ed0b9..9c1e682a5 100644
--- a/pkg/assets/generated_assets.go
+++ b/pkg/assets/generated_assets.go
@@ -4391,9 +4391,9 @@ var vfsgenAssets = func() http.FileSystem {
 		"/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/main.tf": &vfsgen۰CompressedFileInfo{
 			name:             "main.tf",
 			modTime:          time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, time.UTC),
-			uncompressedSize: 1133,
+			uncompressedSize: 863,
 
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 		},
 		"/lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/route53/require.tf": &vfsgen۰FileInfo{
 			name:    "require.tf",
diff --git a/pkg/platform/packet/template.go b/pkg/platform/packet/template.go
index a225abed5..e3e6d572b 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/packet/template.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/packet/template.go
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ module "worker-{{ $pool.Name }}" {
 module "dns" {
   source = "../lokomotive-kubernetes/dns/{{.Config.DNS.Provider}}"
 
+  {{ if eq .Config.DNS.Provider "route53" -}}
+  providers = {
+    aws = aws.default
+  }
+
+  {{ end -}}
   cluster_name             = "{{ .Config.ClusterName }}"
   controllers_public_ipv4  = module.packet-{{.Config.ClusterName}}.controllers_public_ipv4
   controllers_private_ipv4 = module.packet-{{.Config.ClusterName}}.controllers_private_ipv4
@@ -220,6 +226,17 @@ output "dns_entries" {
 }
 {{- end }}
 
+{{- if eq .Config.DNS.Provider "route53" }}
+provider "aws" {
+  version = "2.48.0"
+  alias   = "default"
+  # The Route 53 service doesn't need a specific region to operate, however
+  # the AWS Terraform provider needs it and the documentation suggests to use
+  # "us-east-1": https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/r53.html.
+  region = "us-east-1"
+}
+{{- end }}
+
 provider "ct" {
   version = "~> 0.3"
 }