diff --git a/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-rds-db/start.py b/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-rds-db/start.py
index dc07938355eb25972aa303a4579cf516ef3e19dd..c2c6fcdd10168952adb5030acd05f70ec86cfca8 100644
--- a/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-rds-db/start.py
+++ b/example-projects/tug-of-war-in-the-clouds/aws-boto3-rds-db/start.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ response = rdsClient.create_db_instance(DBInstanceIdentifier="tug-of-war-rds-db1
     VpcSecurityGroupIds=[security_group_id],
     # DBInstanceClass='db.m3.2xlarge',
     # DBInstanceClass='db.t3.micro',
-    DBInstanceClass='db.t2.small',
+    DBInstanceClass='db.t3.small',
     Tags=[
         {'Key': 'Name', 'Value': 'tug-of-war-rds-db1'},
         {'Key': 'tug-of-war-rds', 'Value': 'db'}