diff --git a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
index b718e353854..4992dc56c6c 100644
--- a/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
+++ b/packages/ecs-agent/ecs.service
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Amazon Elastic Container Service - container agent
 Documentation=https://aws.amazon.com/documentation/ecs/
-Requires=docker.service
+Requires=docker.service configured.target
 After=docker.service configured.target
 Wants=network-online.target configured.target
 
diff --git a/packages/release/configured.target b/packages/release/configured.target
index 3c045f5dc1d..38494aedb32 100644
--- a/packages/release/configured.target
+++ b/packages/release/configured.target
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Bottlerocket user and dynamic configuration complete
 After=settings-applier.service
-Requires=settings-applier.service
+Requires=settings-applier.service early-boot-config.service
 AllowIsolate=yes