diff --git a/cloudformation/template.yaml b/cloudformation/template.yaml
index 2d6de0ef..69c69519 100644
--- a/cloudformation/template.yaml
+++ b/cloudformation/template.yaml
@@ -382,21 +382,24 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       Roles:
         - Ref: WebappRole
-  WebappLaunchConfig:
-    Type: AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration
+  WebappLaunchTemplate:
+    Type: AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate
     Properties:
-      AssociatePublicIpAddress: true
-      ImageId:
-        Ref: ImageId
-      InstanceType: 
-        Ref: InstanceType
-      SecurityGroups:
-        - Ref: WebappSecurityGroup
-      IamInstanceProfile:
-        Ref: WebappInstanceProfile
-      UserData:
-        "Fn::Base64":
-          !Sub |
+      LaunchTemplateName: !Sub ${AWS::StackName}-launch-template
+      LaunchTemplateData:
+        ImageId:
+          Ref: ImageId
+        InstanceType:
+          Ref: InstanceType
+        SecurityGroupIds:
+          - Ref: WebappSecurityGroup
+        IamInstanceProfile:
+          Arn: !GetAtt
+            - WebappInstanceProfile
+            - Arn
+        UserData:
+          "Fn::Base64":
+            !Sub |
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@@ -468,8 +471,9 @@ Resources:
       DesiredCapacity: !Ref AutoScalingGroupDesiredCapacity
       MinSize: !Ref AutoScalingGroupMinSize
       MaxSize: !Ref AutoScalingGroupMaxSize
-      LaunchConfigurationName:
-        Ref: WebappLaunchConfig
+      LaunchTemplate:
+        LaunchTemplateId: !Ref WebappLaunchTemplate
+        Version: !GetAtt WebappLaunchTemplate.LatestVersionNumber
       VPCZoneIdentifier:
         - Ref: PrivateSubnet1 
         - Ref: PrivateSubnet2