diff --git a/CentOS-8-EC2.ks b/CentOS-8-EC2.ks
index 796c74b..2415d71 100644
--- a/CentOS-8-EC2.ks
+++ b/CentOS-8-EC2.ks
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ EOL
 # make sure firstboot doesn't start
 echo "RUN_FIRSTBOOT=NO" > /etc/sysconfig/firstboot
 
-echo -e 'cloud-user\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+# centos cloud user
+echo -e 'centos\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+sed -i 's/name: cloud-user/name: centos/g' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
 
 dnf clean all
 
diff --git a/CentOS-8-GenericCloud.ks b/CentOS-8-GenericCloud.ks
index 13df30b..f6f8845 100644
--- a/CentOS-8-GenericCloud.ks
+++ b/CentOS-8-GenericCloud.ks
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ EOL
 # make sure firstboot doesn't start
 echo "RUN_FIRSTBOOT=NO" > /etc/sysconfig/firstboot
 
-echo -e 'cloud-user\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+# centos cloud user
+echo -e 'centos\tALL=(ALL)\tNOPASSWD: ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
+sed -i 's/name: cloud-user/name: centos/g' /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg
 
 dnf clean all