diff --git a/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml b/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
index 8acfa201e..3d708438e 100644
--- a/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/aws/aws_rds/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,28 @@
     tags: "{{ aws_rds.tags | combine({ 'Name': aws_rds.name }) }}"
   when: aws_rds.db_parameters is defined
 
+- name: Create Aurora RDS instance.
+  community.aws.rds_instance:
+    db_instance_identifier: "{{ aws_rds.name }}"
+    db_instance_class: "{{ aws_rds.db_instance_class }}"
+    db_cluster_identifier: "{{ aws_rds.db_cluster_identifier }}"
+    state: "{{ aws_rds.state }}"
+    engine: "{{ aws_rds.engine }}"
+    copy_tags_to_snapshot: true
+    publicly_accessible: "{{ aws_rds.publicly_accessible }}"
+    allocated_storage: "{{ aws_rds.allocated_storage }}"
+    max_allocated_storage: "{{ aws_rds.max_allocated_storage }}"
+    profile: "{{ aws_rds.aws_profile }}"
+    tags: "{{ aws_rds.tags | combine({ 'Name': aws_rds.name }) }}"
+    allow_major_version_upgrade: false
+    storage_encrypted: "{{ aws_rds.storage_encrypted }}"
+    apply_immediately: true
+    wait: true
+    region: "{{ aws_rds.region }}"
+    engine_version: "{{ aws_rds.engine_version | default(omit) }}"
+  register: _rds_instance_info
+  when: "'aurora' in aws_rds.engine"
+
 - name: Create RDS instance
   community.aws.rds_instance:
     db_instance_identifier: "{{ aws_rds.name }}"
@@ -61,6 +83,7 @@
     engine_version: "{{ aws_rds.engine_version | default(omit) }}"
     #preferred_maintenance_window: undefined # not required. The weekly time range (in UTC) of at least 30 minutes, during which system maintenance can occur. The option must be in the format "ddd:hh24:mi-ddd:hh24:mi" where ddd is one of Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun.
   register: _rds_instance_info
+  when: "'aurora' not in aws_rds.engine"
 
 - name: Create RDS read replica instance.
   community.aws.rds_instance: