diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1890-ec2-instance-change-instance-type.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1890-ec2-instance-change-instance-type.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95ff7561103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1890-ec2-instance-change-instance-type.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - modules/ec2_instance - add the ability to change the ``instance-type`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/amazon.aws/pull/1890).
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diff --git a/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py b/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
index e9e9efaf145..b7d4f0edf53 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/ec2_instance.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
       - Only required when instance is not already present.
       - At least one of I(instance_type) or I(launch_template) must be specificed when launching an
         instance.
+      - To change the I(instance_type), the instance must be in I(state=stopped).
     type: str
   count:
     description:
@@ -1563,6 +1564,7 @@ def value_wrapper(v):
     param_mappings = [
         ParamMapper("ebs_optimized", "EbsOptimized", "ebsOptimized", value_wrapper),
         ParamMapper("termination_protection", "DisableApiTermination", "disableApiTermination", value_wrapper),
+        ParamMapper('instance_type', 'InstanceType', 'instanceType', value_wrapper),
         # user data is an immutable property
         # ParamMapper('user_data', 'UserData', 'userData', value_wrapper),
     ]
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_cpu_options/tasks/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_cpu_options/tasks/main.yml
index 4aea79c047a..71a41ccbf7c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_cpu_options/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/ec2_instance_cpu_options/tasks/main.yml
@@ -82,4 +82,61 @@
   - name: "Confirm existence of instance id."
     assert:
       that:
-        - "{{ checkmode_instance_fact.instances | length }} == 0"
+        - checkmode_instance_fact.instances | length == 0
+
+  - name: "create t3.nano instance"
+    ec2_instance:
+      state: running
+      name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-test-t3nano-latest-t3micro"
+      image_id: "{{ ec2_ami_id }}"
+      tags:
+        TestId: "{{ ec2_instance_tag_TestId }}"
+      vpc_subnet_id: "{{ testing_subnet_a.subnet.id }}"
+      instance_type: t3.nano
+      wait: true
+
+  - name: "fact ec2 instance"
+    ec2_instance_info:
+      filters:
+        "tag:Name": "{{ resource_prefix }}-test-t3nano-latest-t3micro"
+    register: checkmode_instance_fact
+
+  - name: "Confirm existence of instance id."
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - checkmode_instance_fact.instances | length == 1
+
+  - name: "stopp instance"
+    ec2_instance:
+      state: stopped
+      name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-test-t3nano-latest-t3micro"
+      image_id: "{{ ec2_ami_id }}"
+      tags:
+        TestId: "{{ ec2_instance_tag_TestId }}"
+      vpc_subnet_id: "{{ testing_subnet_a.subnet.id }}"
+      instance_type: t3.nano
+      wait: true
+    register: stopped_instance
+
+  - name: "Confirm instance is stopped"
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - stopped_instance.msg == 'Instances stopped'
+
+  - name: "start instance as t3.micro"
+    ec2_instance:
+      state: stopped
+      name: "{{ resource_prefix }}-test-t3nano-latest-t3micro"
+      image_id: "{{ ec2_ami_id }}"
+      tags:
+        TestId: "{{ ec2_instance_tag_TestId }}"
+      vpc_subnet_id: "{{ testing_subnet_a.subnet.id }}"
+      instance_type: t3.micro
+      wait: true
+    register: micro_instance
+
+  - name: "Confirm new instance type"
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - micro_instance.instances.0.instance_type == 't3.micro'
+        - micro_instance.changes[0].InstanceType.Value == 't3.micro'
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