diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/base-ec2.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/base-ec2.ign
index dd5ce9670a..9933deb779 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/base-ec2.ign
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/base-ec2.ign
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       {
         "name": "amazon-ssm-agent.service",
         "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=amazon-ssm-agent\nAfter=network-online.target\n\n[Service]\nType=simple\nWorkingDirectory=/usr/share/oem\nExecStart=/usr/share/oem/amazon-ssm-agent\nKillMode=process\nRestart=on-failure\nRestartForceExitStatus=SIGPIPE\nRestartSec=15min\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
+        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=amazon-ssm-agent\nAfter=network-online.target\n\n[Service]\nType=simple\nWorkingDirectory=/usr/share/oem\nExecStart=/usr/share/oem/bin/amazon-ssm-agent\nKillMode=process\nRestart=on-failure\nRestartForceExitStatus=SIGPIPE\nRestartSec=15min\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
       }
     ]
   },