diff --git a/packages/amplify-category-api/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/base-api-stack.ts b/packages/amplify-category-api/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/base-api-stack.ts
index 6a98f20d59..90a797a225 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-category-api/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/base-api-stack.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-category-api/src/provider-utils/awscloudformation/base-api-stack.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { NETWORK_STACK_LOGICAL_ID } from '../../category-constants';
 import Container from './docker-compose/ecs-objects/container';
 import { GitHubSourceActionInfo, PipelineWithAwaiter } from './pipeline-with-awaiter';
+import { ResourcesVpcConfig } from 'cloudform-types/types/eks/cluster';
 
 const PIPELINE_AWAITER_ZIP = 'custom-resource-pipeline-awaiter.zip';
 
@@ -553,6 +554,15 @@ export abstract class ContainersStack extends cdk.Stack {
         delete cfn.Parameters[k];
       }
     });
+
+    // Until we update CDK lib to >= 2.87, custom resources use older nodejs version in lambda,
+    // explicitly overriding the generated resources.
+    Object.values(cfn.Resources).forEach((resource: any) => {
+      if (resource.Type === 'AWS::Lambda::Function' && resource.Properties.Runtime && resource.Properties.Runtime !== 'nodejs18.x') {
+        resource.Properties.Runtime = 'nodejs18.x';
+      }
+    });
+
     return cfn;
   }
 }