diff --git a/pages/agent/v3/elastic_ci_aws.md b/pages/agent/v3/elastic_ci_aws.md
index d09de9a9e7..d304bf244b 100644
--- a/pages/agent/v3/elastic_ci_aws.md
+++ b/pages/agent/v3/elastic_ci_aws.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ aws cloudformation create-stack \
   --output text \
   --stack-name buildkite \
   --template-url "https://s3.amazonaws.com/buildkite-aws-stack/latest/aws-stack.yml" \
-  --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM \
+  --capabilities CAPABILITY_IAM CAPABILITY_NAMED_IAM CAPABILITY_AUTO_EXPAND \
   --parameters "$(cat config.json)"
 ```