diff --git a/tests/tasks/setup/eks/awscli-cp-with-vpc.yaml b/tests/tasks/setup/eks/awscli-cp-with-vpc.yaml
index 6edcf30e..ca1e05c4 100644
--- a/tests/tasks/setup/eks/awscli-cp-with-vpc.yaml
+++ b/tests/tasks/setup/eks/awscli-cp-with-vpc.yaml
@@ -78,4 +78,12 @@ spec:
       # install csi drivers.
       kubectl apply -k "github.com/kubernetes-sigs/aws-ebs-csi-driver/deploy/kubernetes/overlays/stable/?ref=$(params.aws-ebs-csi-driver-version)"
       # TODO: Calculate replicas based on the cluster size going forward.
-      kubectl scale --replicas 20 deploy coredns -n kube-system
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+      kubectl scale --replicas 1000 deploy coredns -n kube-system
+      # Install EKS Pod Identity Agent 
+      ENDPOINT_FLAG=""
+      if [ -n "$(params.endpoint)" ]; then
+        ENDPOINT_FLAG="--endpoint $(params.endpoint)"
+      fi
+      aws eks $ENDPOINT_FLAG create-addon --cluster-name $(params.cluster-name) --addon-name eks-pod-identity-agent --addon-version v1.0.0-eksbuild.1
+      # confirm that EKS Pod Identity Agent pods are running
+      kubectl get pods -n kube-system | grep 'eks-pod-identity-agent' 
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