diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b8d2c54..31a5e21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,14 +162,14 @@ Available targets:
 | Name | Version |
 |------|---------|
 | <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) | >= 1.0 |
-| <a name="requirement_aws"></a> [aws](#requirement\_aws) | >= 2.0 |
+| <a name="requirement_aws"></a> [aws](#requirement\_aws) | >= 4.7.0 |
 | <a name="requirement_null"></a> [null](#requirement\_null) | >= 2.0 |
 
 ## Providers
 
 | Name | Version |
 |------|---------|
-| <a name="provider_aws"></a> [aws](#provider\_aws) | >= 2.0 |
+| <a name="provider_aws"></a> [aws](#provider\_aws) | >= 4.7.0 |
 | <a name="provider_null"></a> [null](#provider\_null) | >= 2.0 |
 
 ## Modules
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ Available targets:
 | <a name="input_tenant"></a> [tenant](#input\_tenant) | ID element \_(Rarely used, not included by default)\_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_data"></a> [user\_data](#input\_user\_data) | The user data to provide when launching the instance. Do not pass gzip-compressed data via this argument; use `user_data_base64` instead | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_data_base64"></a> [user\_data\_base64](#input\_user\_data\_base64) | Can be used instead of `user_data` to pass base64-encoded binary data directly. Use this instead of `user_data` whenever the value is not a valid UTF-8 string. For example, gzip-encoded user data must be base64-encoded and passed via this argument to avoid corruption | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_user_data_replace_on_change"></a> [user\_data\_replace\_on\_change](#input\_user\_data\_replace\_on\_change) | When used in combination with user\_data or user\_data\_base64 will trigger a destroy and recreate when set to true. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_volume_tags_enabled"></a> [volume\_tags\_enabled](#input\_volume\_tags\_enabled) | Whether or not to copy instance tags to root and EBS volumes | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_vpc_id"></a> [vpc\_id](#input\_vpc\_id) | The ID of the VPC that the instance security group belongs to | `string` | n/a | yes |
 
diff --git a/docs/terraform.md b/docs/terraform.md
index ea5b853..6f60f74 100644
--- a/docs/terraform.md
+++ b/docs/terraform.md
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 | Name | Version |
 |------|---------|
 | <a name="requirement_terraform"></a> [terraform](#requirement\_terraform) | >= 1.0 |
-| <a name="requirement_aws"></a> [aws](#requirement\_aws) | >= 2.0 |
+| <a name="requirement_aws"></a> [aws](#requirement\_aws) | >= 4.7.0 |
 | <a name="requirement_null"></a> [null](#requirement\_null) | >= 2.0 |
 
 ## Providers
 
 | Name | Version |
 |------|---------|
-| <a name="provider_aws"></a> [aws](#provider\_aws) | >= 2.0 |
+| <a name="provider_aws"></a> [aws](#provider\_aws) | >= 4.7.0 |
 | <a name="provider_null"></a> [null](#provider\_null) | >= 2.0 |
 
 ## Modules
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 | <a name="input_tenant"></a> [tenant](#input\_tenant) | ID element \_(Rarely used, not included by default)\_. A customer identifier, indicating who this instance of a resource is for | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_data"></a> [user\_data](#input\_user\_data) | The user data to provide when launching the instance. Do not pass gzip-compressed data via this argument; use `user_data_base64` instead | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_user_data_base64"></a> [user\_data\_base64](#input\_user\_data\_base64) | Can be used instead of `user_data` to pass base64-encoded binary data directly. Use this instead of `user_data` whenever the value is not a valid UTF-8 string. For example, gzip-encoded user data must be base64-encoded and passed via this argument to avoid corruption | `string` | `null` | no |
+| <a name="input_user_data_replace_on_change"></a> [user\_data\_replace\_on\_change](#input\_user\_data\_replace\_on\_change) | When used in combination with user\_data or user\_data\_base64 will trigger a destroy and recreate when set to true. | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_volume_tags_enabled"></a> [volume\_tags\_enabled](#input\_volume\_tags\_enabled) | Whether or not to copy instance tags to root and EBS volumes | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_vpc_id"></a> [vpc\_id](#input\_vpc\_id) | The ID of the VPC that the instance security group belongs to | `string` | n/a | yes |
 
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 6b2f9be..c6d2894 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ resource "aws_iam_role" "default" {
 
 resource "aws_instance" "default" {
   #bridgecrew:skip=BC_AWS_GENERAL_31: Skipping `Ensure Instance Metadata Service Version 1 is not enabled` check until BridgeCrew supports conditional evaluation. See https://github.com/bridgecrewio/checkov/issues/793
+  #bridgecrew:skip=BC_AWS_GENERAL_68: Skipping ebs_optimized check for `true`
   #bridgecrew:skip=BC_AWS_NETWORKING_47: Skiping `Ensure AWS EC2 instance is configured with VPC` because it is incorrectly flagging that this instance does not belong to a VPC even though subnet_id is configured.
   count                                = local.instance_count
   ami                                  = local.ami
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ resource "aws_instance" "default" {
   disable_api_termination              = var.disable_api_termination
   user_data                            = var.user_data
   user_data_base64                     = var.user_data_base64
-  iam_instance_profile                 = var.instance_profile_enabled ? local.instance_profile : ""
+  user_data_replace_on_change          = var.user_data_replace_on_change
+  iam_instance_profile                 = local.instance_profile
   instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior = var.instance_initiated_shutdown_behavior
   associate_public_ip_address          = var.external_network_interface_enabled ? null : var.associate_public_ip_address
   key_name                             = var.ssh_key_pair
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 494cbec..98ac4b7 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ variable "user_data_base64" {
   default     = null
 }
 
+variable "user_data_replace_on_change" {
+  type        = bool
+  description = "When used in combination with user_data or user_data_base64 will trigger a destroy and recreate when set to true."
+  default     = false
+}
+
 variable "instance_type" {
   type        = string
   description = "The type of the instance"
diff --git a/versions.tf b/versions.tf
index b56bd24..9aa1a69 100644
--- a/versions.tf
+++ b/versions.tf
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ terraform {
   required_providers {
     aws = {
       source  = "hashicorp/aws"
-      version = ">= 2.0"
+      version = ">= 4.7.0"
     }
     null = {
       source  = "hashicorp/null"