diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 608b35b..200eade 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ module github.com/ONSdigital/dp-cli
 go 1.24
 
 require (
-	github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.5
-	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.6
+	github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.6
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.7
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/google/go-github/v66 v66.0.0
 	github.com/johnnadratowski/golang-neo4j-bolt-driver v0.0.0-20200323142034-807201386efa
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0
 	gopkg.in/mgo.v2 v2.0.0-20190816093944-a6b53ec6cb22
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4d6f792..9f54d5c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ github.com/ONSdigital/dp-api-clients-go/v2 v2.266.0 h1:NQbu+x2Q7ZhrjGKvN73qVxG/n
 github.com/ONSdigital/dp-api-clients-go/v2 v2.266.0/go.mod h1:bLseTP21r8LCStUEeOdVPyqtrTomOFP/azPjKWW4deA=
 github.com/ONSdigital/dp-net/v3 v3.3.0 h1:NAH9z+nvbJxoK6OnDpOyJJ+52dqBhVtaugk5bqEDt0Y=
 github.com/ONSdigital/dp-net/v3 v3.3.0/go.mod h1:ur4LLCvd2xW2jpa785pElE6HB2bPvszZxdAjqv0XFGg=
-github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.5 h1:LclSJUNHgbhgl386daHXNX9j3LOwXd/AeuiSSfEuclM=
-github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.5/go.mod h1:qaWY2DOgD/hIzas3m76WPye1HrrS3RLXQC7erxVL36Y=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.6 h1:cSg4pvZ3m8dgYcgqB97MrcdjUmZ1BeMYKUxMMB89IPk=
-github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.6/go.mod h1:eRwEWoyTWFMVYVQzKMNHWP5/RV4xIUGMQfXQHfHkpNU=
+github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.6 h1:GgJOFLQvGiZmVjsHDD91xgovSCtHf0UIdJmlRCzp/pE=
+github.com/ONSdigital/log.go/v2 v2.4.6/go.mod h1:0ilpZzc5lVoBlXC/s5m8EaQETbe0yT8Z+p4QhKy0fpY=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.7 h1:UJrkFq7es5CShfBwlWAC8DA077vp8PyVbQd3lqLiztE=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.55.7/go.mod h1:eRwEWoyTWFMVYVQzKMNHWP5/RV4xIUGMQfXQHfHkpNU=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6/go.mod h1:oOW0eioCTA6cOiMLiUPZOpcVxMig6NIQQ7OS05n1F4g=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0 h1:0znxYu2SNyuMSQT4Y9WDWej0VpcsxkuklLa4/
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.35.0/go.mod h1:nKVFgxBZ2fReX6IlyW28MgZojkoAkJGaE8CpgeAU3oE=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0 h1:dPpEfJu1sDIqruz7BHFG3c7528f6ddfSWfFDVt/xgMs=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0/go.mod h1:WUk7DtFp1Aw2MkvqGdwiXYDZZNvA/1J8o6xRXLrIkyc=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0 h1:CrgCKl8PPAVtLnU3c+EDw6x11699EWlsDeWNWKdIOkc=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.28.0/go.mod h1:onh5ek6nERTohokkhCD/y2cV4Do3fxFHFuAejCkRWT8=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0 h1:dnDm7JmhM45NNpd8FDDeLhK6FwqbOf4MLCM9zb1BOHI=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.30.0/go.mod h1:B++QgG3ZKulg6sRPGD/mqlHQs5rB3Ml9erfeDY7xKlU=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 h1:q3i8TbbEz+JRD9ywIRlyRAQbM0qF7hu24q3teo2hbuw=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.34.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
diff --git a/project_generation/content/templates/base-app/nomad.tmpl b/project_generation/content/templates/base-app/nomad.tmpl
index 706649b..4be9fe1 100644
--- a/project_generation/content/templates/base-app/nomad.tmpl
+++ b/project_generation/content/templates/base-app/nomad.tmpl
@@ -14,6 +14,17 @@ job "{{.Name}}" {
   group "web" {
     count = "{{"{{"}}WEB_TASK_COUNT{{"}}"}}"
 
+    spread {
+      attribute = "${node.unique.id}"
+      weight    = 100
+      # with `target` omitted, Nomad will spread allocations evenly across all values of the attribute.
+    }
+    spread {
+      attribute = "${attr.platform.aws.placement.availability-zone}"
+      weight    = 100
+      # with `target` omitted, Nomad will spread allocations evenly across all values of the attribute.
+    }
+
     constraint {
       attribute = "${node.class}"
       value     = "web"
@@ -78,6 +89,17 @@ job "{{.Name}}" {
   group "publishing" {
     count = "{{"{{"}}PUBLISHING_TASK_COUNT{{"}}"}}"
 
+    spread {
+      attribute = "${node.unique.id}"
+      weight    = 100
+      # with `target` omitted, Nomad will spread allocations evenly across all values of the attribute.
+    }
+    spread {
+      attribute = "${attr.platform.aws.placement.availability-zone}"
+      weight    = 100
+      # with `target` omitted, Nomad will spread allocations evenly across all values of the attribute.
+    }
+
     constraint {
       attribute = "${node.class}"
       value     = "publishing"