diff --git a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-cp.yaml b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-cp.yaml
index 44748658bff83..0dad96966e85a 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-cp.yaml
+++ b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-cp.yaml
@@ -253,10 +253,10 @@ spec:
     files:
 {{- if .kubeletConfiguration }}
       - content: |
-{{ .kubeletConfiguration | indent 10}}
-      owner: root:root
-      permissions: "0644"
-      path: /etc/kubernetes/patches/kubeletconfiguration0+strategic.yaml
+{{ .kubeletConfiguration | indent 10 }}
+        owner: root:root
+        permissions: "0644"
+        path: /etc/kubernetes/patches/kubeletconfiguration0+strategic.yaml
 {{- end }}
 {{- if not .cpSkipLoadBalancerDeployment }}
       - content: |
diff --git a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-md.yaml b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-md.yaml
index 856481daa3940..7d52696796271 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-md.yaml
+++ b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/config/template-md.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ spec:
       files:
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .kubeletConfiguration }}
-      - content: |
+        - content: |
 {{ .kubeletConfiguration | indent 10 }}
         owner: root:root
         permissions: "0644"
diff --git a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/template_test.go b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/template_test.go
index 284523e00e897..f16dddcff5b79 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/template_test.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/tinkerbell/template_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package tinkerbell
- 
+
 import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/internal/test"
 	"github.com/aws/eks-anywhere/pkg/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -195,3 +196,38 @@ func TestTemplateBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTemplateBuilderCPKubeletConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		Input  string
+		Output string
+	}{
+		{
+			Input:  "testdata/cluster_tinkerbell_api_server_cert_san_ip.yaml",
+			Output: "testdata/expected_cluster_tinkerbell_api_server_cert_san_ip.yaml",
+		},
+	} {
+		g := NewWithT(t)
+		clusterSpec := test.NewFullClusterSpec(t, tc.Input)
+
+		cpMachineCfg, _ := getControlPlaneMachineSpec(clusterSpec)
+		wngMachineCfgs, _ := getWorkerNodeGroupMachineSpec(clusterSpec)
+
+		tinkIPBefore := "0.0.0.0"
+		bldr := NewTemplateBuilder(&clusterSpec.TinkerbellDatacenter.Spec, cpMachineCfg, nil, wngMachineCfgs, tinkIPBefore, time.Now)
+
+		clusterSpec.Cluster.Spec.ControlPlaneConfiguration.KubeletConfiguration = &unstructured.Unstructured{
+			Object: map[string]interface{}{
+				"maxPods":    20,
+				"apiVersion": "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1",
+				"kind":       "KubeletConfiguration",
+			},
+		}
+
+		data, err := bldr.GenerateCAPISpecControlPlane(clusterSpec)
+		g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		g.Expect(data).To(ContainSubstring("maxPods"))
+
+	}
+}