diff --git a/deploy-cluster-aws/example_deploy_conf.py b/deploy-cluster-aws/example_deploy_conf.py
index a36cd6e6..69ca94f6 100644
--- a/deploy-cluster-aws/example_deploy_conf.py
+++ b/deploy-cluster-aws/example_deploy_conf.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ USE_KEYPAIRS_FILE=False
 # https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/locator/ec2/
 # Example:
 # "ami-72c33e1d"
-# (eu-central-1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS amd64 hvm:ebs-ssd 20160919)
-IMAGE_ID="ami-72c33e1d"
+# (eu-central-1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS amd64 hvm:ebs-ssd 20161020)
+IMAGE_ID="ami-9c09f0f3"
 
 # INSTANCE_TYPE is the type of AWS instance to launch
 # i.e. How many CPUs do you want? How much storage? etc.
diff --git a/docs/server/source/clusters-feds/aws-testing-cluster.md b/docs/server/source/clusters-feds/aws-testing-cluster.md
index 61557102..e829fcbb 100644
--- a/docs/server/source/clusters-feds/aws-testing-cluster.md
+++ b/docs/server/source/clusters-feds/aws-testing-cluster.md
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ BRANCH="master"
 WHAT_TO_DEPLOY="servers"
 SSH_KEY_NAME="not-set-yet"
 USE_KEYPAIRS_FILE=False
-IMAGE_ID="ami-72c33e1d"
+IMAGE_ID="ami-9c09f0f3"
 INSTANCE_TYPE="t2.medium"
 SECURITY_GROUP="bigchaindb"
 USING_EBS=True