diff --git a/nomad-aws/README.md b/nomad-aws/README.md
index ea5963a..d28d84f 100644
--- a/nomad-aws/README.md
+++ b/nomad-aws/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ There are more examples in the [examples](./examples/) directory.
 | vpc\_id | VPC ID of VPC used for Nomad resources | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | enable_irsa | Enable IAM Roles for K8s service account | `map` | `{}` | no |
 | disk_size_gb | The volume size, in GB to each nomad client's /dev/sda1 disk. | `number` | `100` | no |
+| machine_image_owners | List of AWS account IDs that own the images to be used for nomad virtual machines. | `list(string)` | `["099720109477", "513442679011"]` | no |
+| machine_image_names | Strings to filter image names for nomad virtual machine images. | `list(string)` | `["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]` | no |
+
 
 * Note: `subnet` or `subnets` is required, but not both. The use of `subnet` will supersede `subnets`.
 
diff --git a/nomad-aws/examples/basic/main.tf b/nomad-aws/examples/basic/main.tf
index 0cf377b..6d6a913 100644
--- a/nomad-aws/examples/basic/main.tf
+++ b/nomad-aws/examples/basic/main.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 terraform {
-  required_version = ">=1.4.6"
+  required_version = ">=1.1.9"
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ provider "aws" {
 # An example VPC for demonstration. This might already exist if you deployed
 # server in a preexisting VPC and want your nomad clients to run there.
 module "vpc" {
-  source = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
-
+  source               = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
+  version              = "4.0.2"
   name                 = "nomad-vpc"
   cidr                 = "192.168.0.0/16"
   azs                  = ["us-east-1a"]
diff --git a/nomad-aws/main.tf b/nomad-aws/main.tf
index a9c8745..b05af21 100644
--- a/nomad-aws/main.tf
+++ b/nomad-aws/main.tf
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ data "aws_ami" "ubuntu_focal" {
 
   filter {
     name   = "name"
-    values = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
+    values = var.machine_image_names
   }
 
-  owners = ["099720109477", "513442679011"]
+  owners = var.machine_image_owners
 }
 
 module "nomad_tls" {
diff --git a/nomad-aws/variables.tf b/nomad-aws/variables.tf
index 8436b40..cfd83da 100644
--- a/nomad-aws/variables.tf
+++ b/nomad-aws/variables.tf
@@ -157,3 +157,15 @@ locals {
   autoscaler_type = var.nomad_auto_scaler && length(var.enable_irsa) == 0 ? "user" : var.nomad_auto_scaler && length(var.enable_irsa) > 0 ? "role" : ""
 
 }
+
+variable "machine_image_owners" {
+  type        = list(string)
+  description = "List of AWS account IDs that own the images to be used for nomad virtual machines."
+  default     = ["099720109477", "513442679011"]
+}
+
+variable "machine_image_names" {
+  type        = list(string)
+  description = "Strings to filter image names for nomad virtual machine images."
+  default     = ["ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-focal-20.04-amd64-server-*"]
+}
diff --git a/nomad-gcp/README.md b/nomad-gcp/README.md
index 499dbbd..f27cbf8 100644
--- a/nomad-gcp/README.md
+++ b/nomad-gcp/README.md
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ There are more examples in the [examples](./examples/) directory.
 | zone | GCP compute zone to deploy nomad clients into (e.g us-east1-a) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | enable_workload_identity | Enable nomad service account as gcp workload identity. Ensure Workload Identities are first enabled on your GKE cluster: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/workload-identity | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | k8s_namespace | k8s namespace where application is installed | `string` | `circleci-server` | Yes, if enable_workload_identity is true |
+| machine_image_project | The project value used to retrieve the virtual machine image. | `string` | `ubuntu-os-cloud` | no |
+| machine_image_family | The family value used to retrieve the virtual machine image. | `string` | `ubuntu-2004-lts` | no |
 
 ## Outputs
 
diff --git a/nomad-gcp/main.tf b/nomad-gcp/main.tf
index 1cccdf3..618cd85 100644
--- a/nomad-gcp/main.tf
+++ b/nomad-gcp/main.tf
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ resource "google_compute_instance_template" "nomad" {
   tags = ["nomad", "circleci-server", "${var.name}-nomad-clients"]
 
   disk {
-    source_image = data.google_compute_image.ubuntu_2004.self_link
+    source_image = data.google_compute_image.machine_image.self_link
     disk_type    = var.disk_type
     disk_size_gb = var.disk_size_gb
     boot         = true
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ resource "google_compute_instance_group_manager" "nomad" {
   base_instance_name = "${var.name}-nomad"
 }
 
-data "google_compute_image" "ubuntu_2004" {
-  family  = "ubuntu-2004-lts"
-  project = "ubuntu-os-cloud"
+data "google_compute_image" "machine_image" {
+  family  = var.machine_image_family
+  project = var.machine_image_project
 }
 
 
diff --git a/nomad-gcp/variables.tf b/nomad-gcp/variables.tf
index 1014d32..0b43758 100644
--- a/nomad-gcp/variables.tf
+++ b/nomad-gcp/variables.tf
@@ -175,4 +175,16 @@ variable "k8s_namespace" {
   type        = string
   default     = "circleci-server"
   description = "If enable_workload_identity is true, provide application k8s namespace"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+variable "machine_image_project" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "The project value used to retrieve the virtual machine image."
+  default     = "ubuntu-os-cloud"
+}
+
+variable "machine_image_family" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "The family value used to retrieve the virtual machine image."
+  default     = "ubuntu-2004-lts"
+}