diff --git a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-bastion.yaml b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-bastion.yaml
index 2c66161..0a2d29d 100644
--- a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-bastion.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-bastion.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Parameters:
     - 6
     Default: 3
     Description: Number of subnets. This must match your selections in the list of subnets below.
-    Type: String 
+    Type: String
   Subnet:
     Description: Select existing subnets. The number selected must match the number of subnets above. Subnets selected must be in separate AZs.
     Type: List<AWS::EC2::Subnet::Id>
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ Resources:
       Cooldown: 60
       HealthCheckGracePeriod: 120
       HealthCheckType: EC2
-      LaunchConfigurationName: !Ref BastionLaunchConfiguration
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref BastionLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !GetAtt BastionLaunchTemplate.LatestVersionNumber
       MaxSize: 1
       MinSize: 0
       Tags:
@@ -175,16 +177,19 @@ Resources:
               ]
             ]
           ]
-  BastionLaunchConfiguration:
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+  BastionLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Properties:
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref BastionInstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref BastionInstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-        - !Ref BastionSecurityGroup
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref BastionInstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref BastionInstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref BastionSecurityGroup
   BastionInstanceProfile:
     Type: AWS::IAM::InstanceProfile
     Properties:
diff --git a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsalarms.yaml b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsalarms.yaml
index 7025f02..793914f 100644
--- a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsalarms.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsalarms.yaml
@@ -177,7 +177,9 @@ Resources:
       Cooldown: 60
       HealthCheckGracePeriod: 120
       HealthCheckType: EC2
-      LaunchConfigurationName: !Ref LaunchConfiguration
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref LaunchTemplate
+        Version: !GetAtt LaunchTemplate.LatestVersionNumber
       MaxSize: 1
       MinSize: 0
       DesiredCapacity: 1
@@ -314,8 +316,8 @@ Resources:
             Action:
               - sns:Publish
             Resource: !Ref SNSTopic
-  LaunchConfiguration:
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+  LaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     DependsOn: WarningAlarm
     Metadata:
       AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
@@ -425,22 +427,24 @@ Resources:
               owner: root
               group: root             
     Properties:
-      BlockDeviceMappings:
-        - DeviceName: /dev/xvda
-          Ebs:
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        BlockDeviceMappings:
+          - DeviceName: /dev/xvda
+            Ebs:
             DeleteOnTermination: true
             VolumeSize: 10
             VolumeType: gp2
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref InstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-      - !Ref SecurityGroup
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Sub |
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref InstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref SecurityGroup
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64": !Sub |
             #cloud-config
             repo_update: true
             repo_upgrade: all
diff --git a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsfilesystem.yaml b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsfilesystem.yaml
index 4c0dbbe..ec45793 100644
--- a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsfilesystem.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-efsfilesystem.yaml
@@ -336,7 +336,9 @@ Resources:
       Cooldown: 60
       HealthCheckGracePeriod: 120
       HealthCheckType: EC2
-      LaunchConfigurationName: !Ref LaunchConfiguration
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref LaunchTemplate
+        Version: !GetAtt LaunchTemplate.LatestVersionNumber
       MaxSize: 1
       MinSize: 0
       DesiredCapacity: 1
@@ -381,8 +383,8 @@ Resources:
       Cooldown: 60
       PolicyType: SimpleScaling
       ScalingAdjustment: 1
-  LaunchConfiguration:
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+  LaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Metadata:
       AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
         configSets:
@@ -481,37 +483,40 @@ Resources:
               owner: root
               group: root
     Properties:
-      BlockDeviceMappings:
-        - DeviceName: /dev/xvda
-          Ebs:
-            DeleteOnTermination: true
-            VolumeSize: 10
-            VolumeType: gp2
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref InstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-      - !Ref SecurityGroup
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Join [
-            "",[
-            "#cloud-config\n",
-            "repo_update: true\n",
-            "repo_upgrade: all\n",
-            "\n",
-            "packages:\n",
-            "- parallel\n",
-            "\n",
-            "runcmd:\n",
-            "- yum --enablerepo=epel install nload -y\n",
-            "- ntpstat\n",
-            "- /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init --configsets efs_add_storage --verbose --stack ", !Ref 'AWS::StackName', " --resource LaunchConfiguration --region ", !Ref 'AWS::Region',"\n",
-            "- /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? --stack ", !Ref 'AWS::StackName', " --resource AutoScalingGroup --region ", !Ref 'AWS::Region',"\n"
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        BlockDeviceMappings:
+          - DeviceName: /dev/xvda
+            Ebs:
+              DeleteOnTermination: true
+              VolumeSize: 10
+              VolumeType: gp2
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref InstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref InstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref SecurityGroup
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64":
+            !Join [
+              "",[
+              "#cloud-config\n",
+              "repo_update: true\n",
+              "repo_upgrade: all\n",
+              "\n",
+              "packages:\n",
+              "- parallel\n",
+              "\n",
+              "runcmd:\n",
+              "- yum --enablerepo=epel install nload -y\n",
+              "- ntpstat\n",
+              "- /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init --configsets efs_add_storage --verbose --stack ", !Ref 'AWS::StackName', " --resource LaunchConfiguration --region ", !Ref 'AWS::Region',"\n",
+              "- /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal -e $? --stack ", !Ref 'AWS::StackName', " --resource AutoScalingGroup --region ", !Ref 'AWS::Region',"\n"
+              ]
             ]
-          ]
   EfsSizeMonitorFunction:
     Type: AWS::Lambda::Function
     Properties: 
diff --git a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-04-web.yaml b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-04-web.yaml
index 4b90e7c..dd2854d 100644
--- a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-04-web.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-04-web.yaml
@@ -365,15 +365,24 @@ Resources:
       Cooldown: 60
       HealthCheckGracePeriod: 120
       HealthCheckType: ELB
-      LaunchConfigurationName:
-        !If
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !If
           [ PHP80,
-          !Ref WebLaunchConfiguration80,
-          !If
-            [ PHP56,
-            !Ref WebLaunchConfiguration56,
-            !Ref WebLaunchConfiguration70
-            ]          
+            !Ref WebLaunchTemplate80,
+            !If [
+              PHP56,
+              !Ref WebLaunchTemplate56,
+              !Ref WebLaunchTemplate70
+              ]
+            ]
+        Version: !If
+          [ PHP80,
+            !GetAtt WebLaunchTemplate80.LatestVersionNumber,
+            !If [
+              PHP56,
+              !GetAtt WebLaunchTemplate56.LatestVersionNumber,
+              !GetAtt WebLaunchTemplate70.LatestVersionNumber,
+            ]
           ]
       MaxSize: !Ref WebAsgMax
       MinSize: !Ref WebAsgMin
@@ -409,9 +418,9 @@ Resources:
       ResourceSignal:
         Count: !Ref WebAsgMin
         Timeout: PT60M
-  WebLaunchConfiguration80:
+  WebLaunchTemplate80:
     Condition: PHP80
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Metadata:
       AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
         configSets:
@@ -605,16 +614,18 @@ Resources:
                 enabled: true
                 ensureRunning: true
     Properties:
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-      - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Sub |
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64": !Sub |
             #!/bin/bash -xe
             yum update -y
             amazon-linux-extras enable php8.0
@@ -623,9 +634,9 @@ Resources:
             mount -t nfs4 -o nfsvers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2 ${ElasticFileSystem}.efs.${AWS::Region}.amazonaws.com:/ /var/www/wordpress
             /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init --configsets deploy_webserver --verbose --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource WebLaunchConfiguration80 --region ${AWS::Region}
             /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal --exit-code $? --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource WebAutoScalingGroup --region ${AWS::Region}
-  WebLaunchConfiguration56:
+  WebLaunchTemplate56:
     Condition: PHP56
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Metadata:
       AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
         configSets:
@@ -815,25 +826,27 @@ Resources:
                 enabled: true
                 ensureRunning: true
     Properties:
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-      - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Sub |
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64": !Sub |
             #!/bin/bash -xe
             yum update -y
             mkdir -p /var/www/wordpress
             mount -t nfs4 -o nfsvers=4.1,rsize=1048576,wsize=1048576,hard,timeo=600,retrans=2 ${ElasticFileSystem}.efs.${AWS::Region}.amazonaws.com:/ /var/www/wordpress
             /opt/aws/bin/cfn-init --configsets deploy_webserver --verbose --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource WebLaunchConfiguration56 --region ${AWS::Region}
             /opt/aws/bin/cfn-signal --exit-code $? --stack ${AWS::StackName} --resource WebAutoScalingGroup --region ${AWS::Region}
-  WebLaunchConfiguration70:
+  WebLaunchTemplate70:
     Condition: PHP70
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Metadata:
       AWS::CloudFormation::Init:
         configSets:
@@ -1024,16 +1037,18 @@ Resources:
                 enabled: true
                 ensureRunning: true
     Properties:
-      IamInstanceProfile: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
-      ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
-      InstanceMonitoring: true
-      InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
-      KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
-      SecurityGroups:
-      - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Sub |
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Name: !Ref WebInstanceProfile
+        ImageId: !FindInMap [ RegionMap, !Ref 'AWS::Region', AMI ]
+        Monitoring:
+          Enabled: true
+        InstanceType: !Ref WebInstanceType
+        KeyName: !Ref EC2KeyName
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - !Ref WebSecurityGroup
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64": !Sub |
             #!/bin/bash -xe
             yum update -y
             mkdir -p /var/www/wordpress