diff --git a/components/os/debian_disable_upgrades.go b/components/os/debian_disable_upgrades.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3fec21d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/os/debian_disable_upgrades.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package os
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+)
+
+//go:embed scripts/debian-disable-unattended-upgrades.sh
+var DebianDisableUnattendedUpgradesScriptContent string
diff --git a/components/os/scripts/debian-disable-unattended-upgrades.sh b/components/os/scripts/debian-disable-unattended-upgrades.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d89f30384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/os/scripts/debian-disable-unattended-upgrades.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+apt-get -y remove unattended-upgrades
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/os/windows_setup_ssh.go b/components/os/windows_setup_ssh.go
index 5bf14e4e6..b957da714 100644
--- a/components/os/windows_setup_ssh.go
+++ b/components/os/windows_setup_ssh.go
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ import (
 )
 
 //go:embed scripts/setup-ssh.ps1
-var SetupSSHScriptContent string
+var WindowsSetupSSHScriptContent string
diff --git a/resources/azure/compute/vm.go b/resources/azure/compute/vm.go
index 0b0d36cc8..3782b4bff 100644
--- a/resources/azure/compute/vm.go
+++ b/resources/azure/compute/vm.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func NewWindowsInstance(e azure.Environment, name, imageUrn, instanceType string
 		AsyncExecution:    pulumi.Bool(false),
 		RunCommandName:    pulumi.String("InitVM"),
 		Source: compute.VirtualMachineRunCommandScriptSourceArgs{
-			Script: pulumi.String(strings.Join([]string{setupSSHParamScriptContent, componentsos.SetupSSHScriptContent}, "\n\n")),
+			Script: pulumi.String(strings.Join([]string{setupSSHParamScriptContent, componentsos.WindowsSetupSSHScriptContent}, "\n\n")),
 		},
 		Parameters: compute.RunCommandInputParameterArray{
 			compute.RunCommandInputParameterArgs{
diff --git a/scenarios/aws/ec2/os_win.go b/scenarios/aws/ec2/os_win.go
index e96eabff9..1d6eb6f67 100644
--- a/scenarios/aws/ec2/os_win.go
+++ b/scenarios/aws/ec2/os_win.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func getWindowsOpenSSHUserData(publicKeyPath string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	return buildAWSPowerShellUserData(
-			componentsos.SetupSSHScriptContent,
+			componentsos.WindowsSetupSSHScriptContent,
 			windowsPowerShellArgument{name: "authorizedKey", value: string(publicKey)},
 		),
 		nil
diff --git a/scenarios/aws/ec2/vm.go b/scenarios/aws/ec2/vm.go
index a8ba4f025..3409a059b 100644
--- a/scenarios/aws/ec2/vm.go
+++ b/scenarios/aws/ec2/vm.go
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ func defaultVMArgs(e aws.Environment, vmArgs *vmArgs) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-
 		vmArgs.userData = vmArgs.userData + sshUserData
+	} else if vmArgs.osInfo.Flavor == os.Ubuntu || vmArgs.osInfo.Flavor == os.Debian {
+		vmArgs.userData = vmArgs.userData + os.DebianDisableUnattendedUpgradesScriptContent
 	}
 
 	return nil