diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/47500-rds_instance.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/47500-rds_instance.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..052bf9c084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/47500-rds_instance.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+- rds_instance - Cluster_id which is an alias of db_cluster_identifier is a mandatory check target.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/rds_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/rds_instance.py
index 834b8521f6..fee883ee73 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/rds_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/rds_instance.py
@@ -1076,9 +1076,9 @@ def main():
     arg_spec.update(parameter_options)
 
     required_if = [
-        ('engine', 'aurora', ('cluster_id',)),
-        ('engine', 'aurora-mysql', ('cluster_id',)),
-        ('engine', 'aurora-postresql', ('cluster_id',)),
+        ('engine', 'aurora', ('db_cluster_identifier',)),
+        ('engine', 'aurora-mysql', ('db_cluster_identifier',)),
+        ('engine', 'aurora-postresql', ('db_cluster_identifier',)),
         ('creation_source', 'snapshot', ('snapshot_identifier', 'engine')),
         ('creation_source', 's3', (
             's3_bucket_name', 'engine', 'master_username', 'master_user_password',