diff --git a/pkg/eks/components/CruEKS.vue b/pkg/eks/components/CruEKS.vue
index e577ceb6ac4..ca08cb9e538 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/components/CruEKS.vue
+++ b/pkg/eks/components/CruEKS.vue
@@ -557,15 +557,14 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
         const keyPairRes: {KeyPairs: {KeyName: string}[]} = await ec2Client.describeKeyPairs({ DryRun: false });
 
-        this['sshKeyPairs'] = (keyPairRes.KeyPairs || [].map((key) => {
+        this.sshKeyPairs = (keyPairRes.KeyPairs || []).map((key) => {
           return key.KeyName;
-        }).sort());
+        }).sort();
       } catch (err: any) {
         const errors = this.errors as any[];
 
         errors.push(err);
       }
-
       this.loadingSshKeyPairs = false;
     },
   }
diff --git a/pkg/eks/components/__mocks__/describeKeyPairs.js b/pkg/eks/components/__mocks__/describeKeyPairs.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a69c1d42eca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/eks/components/__mocks__/describeKeyPairs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+export default {
+  KeyPairs: [
+    {
+      CreateTime: 'Date Mon Jul 24 2023 14:53:22 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)',
+
+      KeyFingerprint: 'a1:b2:c3:12345678987654321',
+
+      KeyName: 'test-key1',
+
+      KeyPairId: 'key-123456789',
+
+      KeyType: 'rsa',
+
+      Tags: []
+    },
+
+    {
+      CreateTime: 'Date Mon Jul 24 2023 14:53:22 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)',
+
+      KeyFingerprint: 'a1:b2:c3:12345678987654321',
+
+      KeyName: 'test-key2',
+
+      KeyPairId: 'key-123456789',
+
+      KeyType: 'rsa',
+
+      Tags: []
+    }
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/pkg/eks/components/__tests__/CruEKS.test.ts b/pkg/eks/components/__tests__/CruEKS.test.ts
index a28cb5db9cc..44a66e6cee9 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/components/__tests__/CruEKS.test.ts
+++ b/pkg/eks/components/__tests__/CruEKS.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable jest/no-mocks-import */
 import flushPromises from 'flush-promises';
 import { mount, shallowMount, Wrapper } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import { EKSConfig, EKSNodeGroup } from 'types';
 import CruEKS, { DEFAULT_EKS_CONFIG } from '@pkg/eks/components/CruEKS.vue';
+import describeKeyPairs from '../__mocks__/describeKeyPairs';
+import describeLaunchTemplates from '../__mocks__/describeLaunchTemplates';
 
 const mockedStore = (versionSetting: any) => {
   return {
@@ -19,7 +22,19 @@ const mockedStore = (versionSetting: any) => {
         return {};
       }
     },
-    dispatch: jest.fn()
+    dispatch: () => {
+      return {
+        describeKeyPairs: () => {
+          return describeKeyPairs;
+        },
+        describeLaunchTemplates: () => {
+          return describeLaunchTemplates;
+        },
+        listRoles: () => {
+          return { Roles: [] };
+        }
+      };
+    }
   };
 };
 
@@ -39,8 +54,9 @@ const requiredSetup = (versionSetting = { value: '<=1.27.x' }) => {
 };
 
 const setCredential = async(wrapper :Wrapper<any>, config = {} as EKSConfig) => {
-  config.amazonCredentialSecret = 'foo';
   wrapper.setData({ config });
+  wrapper.vm.updateCredential('foo');
+  wrapper.vm.updateRegion('bar');
   await flushPromises();
 };
 
@@ -216,4 +232,17 @@ describe('eKS provisioning form', () => {
 
     expect(wrapper.vm.fvUnreportedValidationErrors).toStrictEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it('should fetch ssh keys from the aws api and save response as list of keypair KeyNames', async() => {
+    const setup = requiredSetup();
+
+    const wrapper = shallowMount(CruEKS, {
+      propsData: { value: {}, mode: 'create' },
+      ...setup
+    });
+
+    await setCredential(wrapper);
+
+    expect(wrapper.vm.sshKeyPairs).toStrictEqual(['test-key1', 'test-key2']);
+  });
 });