diff --git a/terraform/amazon/templates/instance_pools/instance_pool_instance.tf.template b/terraform/amazon/templates/instance_pools/instance_pool_instance.tf.template
index 747672442f..da7d9c9135 100644
--- a/terraform/amazon/templates/instance_pools/instance_pool_instance.tf.template
+++ b/terraform/amazon/templates/instance_pools/instance_pool_instance.tf.template
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "autorecover_{{.TFName}}" {
   alarm_description   = "This metric auto recovers EC2 instances"
   alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:automate:${var.region}:ec2:recover"]
   statistic           = "Minimum"
-  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanThreshold"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
   threshold           = "1"
   metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed_System"
 
diff --git a/terraform/amazon/templates/vault_instances.tf.template b/terraform/amazon/templates/vault_instances.tf.template
index 2dd0551b35..60d6608cd7 100644
--- a/terraform/amazon/templates/vault_instances.tf.template
+++ b/terraform/amazon/templates/vault_instances.tf.template
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "vault-autorecover" {
   alarm_description   = "This metric auto recovers Vault instances for the ${var.environment} cluster"
   alarm_actions       = ["arn:aws:automate:${var.region}:ec2:recover"]
   statistic           = "Minimum"
-  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanThreshold"
+  comparison_operator = "GreaterThanOrEqualToThreshold"
   threshold           = "1"
   metric_name         = "StatusCheckFailed_System"