diff --git a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/scheduling/nodeclaimtemplate.go b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/scheduling/nodeclaimtemplate.go
index 6f3d65f2a4..9012444337 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/provisioning/scheduling/nodeclaimtemplate.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/provisioning/scheduling/nodeclaimtemplate.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import (
 
 // MaxInstanceTypes is a constant that restricts the number of instance types to be sent for launch. Note that this
 // is intentionally changed to var just to help in testing the code.
-var MaxInstanceTypes = 100
+var MaxInstanceTypes = 60
 
 // NodeClaimTemplate encapsulates the fields required to create a node and mirrors
 // the fields in NodePool. These structs are maintained separately in order