diff --git a/aws/aws_test.go b/aws/aws_test.go
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/aws/aws_test.go
+++ b/aws/aws_test.go
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ func Test_Examples(t *testing.T) {
 				"@pulumi/cloud",
 				"@pulumi/cloud-aws",
 			},
+			// #494: lambda tests are unexpectedly proposing and performing code changes
+			AllowEmptyPreviewChanges: true,
+			AllowEmptyUpdateChanges: true,
 			ExtraRuntimeValidation: containersRuntimeValidator(fargateRegion),
 		},
 		{
Allow changes in empty preview/update for long-running tests. (#<I>)

The `containers` test uses a lambda that appears to suffer from the same

unexpected no-op changes as the others in this repo. Investigating this

is tracked by #<I>.