diff --git a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-rds.yaml b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-rds.yaml
index 8f53853..8b9aabd 100644
--- a/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-rds.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-refarch-wordpress-03-rds.yaml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Resources:
       BackupRetentionPeriod: 30
       DatabaseName: !Ref DatabaseName
       DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref DataSubnetGroup
-      Engine: aurora
+      Engine: aurora-mysql
       KmsKeyId:
         !If [ UseAWS-ManagedCMK, !Ref 'AWS::NoValue', !Ref DatabaseCmk ]
       MasterUsername: !Ref DatabaseMasterUsername