diff --git a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
index 9edfae1ed0b4..1df30313e4fe 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/launchtemplate/launchtemplate.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func (p *DefaultProvider) cachedEvictedFunc(ctx context.Context) func(string, in
 			return
 		}
 		launchTemplate := lt.(*ec2.LaunchTemplate)
-		if _, err := p.ec2api.DeleteLaunchTemplate(&ec2.DeleteLaunchTemplateInput{LaunchTemplateId: launchTemplate.LaunchTemplateId}); awserrors.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
+		if _, err := p.ec2api.DeleteLaunchTemplateWithContext(ctx, &ec2.DeleteLaunchTemplateInput{LaunchTemplateId: launchTemplate.LaunchTemplateId}); awserrors.IgnoreNotFound(err) != nil {
 			logging.FromContext(ctx).With("launch-template", launchTemplate.LaunchTemplateName).Errorf("failed to delete launch template, %v", err)
 			return
 		}