diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/55716-ec2_instance_int_volume_size.yml b/changelogs/fragments/55716-ec2_instance_int_volume_size.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a78c064d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/55716-ec2_instance_int_volume_size.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - ec2_instance - Ensures ``ebs.volume_size`` and ``ebs.iops`` are ``int`` to avoid issues with Jinja2 templating
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
index c186cbbcce..c5822f24f4 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/amazon/ec2_instance.py
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ def manage_tags(match, new_tags, purge_tags, ec2):
 
 def build_volume_spec(params):
     volumes = params.get('volumes') or []
+    for volume in volumes:
+        if 'ebs' in volume:
+            for int_value in ['volume_size', 'iops']:
+                if int_value in volume['ebs']:
+                    volume['ebs'][int_value] = int(volume['ebs'][int_value])
     return [ec2_utils.snake_dict_to_camel_dict(v, capitalize_first=True) for v in volumes]