diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d85df10d..affa31d6a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ This file is used to list changes made in each version of the AWS ParallelCluste
 - Upgrade DCV to version 2024.0-19030.
 - Remove `berkshelf`. All cookbooks are local and do not need `berkshelf` dependency management.
 
+**BUG FIXES**
+- Fix a race condition in CloudWatch Agent startup that could cause nodes bootstrap failures.
+
 3.13.2
 ------
 
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/files/cloudwatch/write_cloudwatch_agent_json.py b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/files/cloudwatch/write_cloudwatch_agent_json.py
index 3e2951ae5..653d40b3c 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/files/cloudwatch/write_cloudwatch_agent_json.py
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/files/cloudwatch/write_cloudwatch_agent_json.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from cloudwatch_agent_common_utils import render_jinja_template
 
-AWS_CLOUDWATCH_CFG_PATH = "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json"
+AWS_CLOUDWATCH_CFG_PATH = "/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json"
 DEFAULT_METRICS_COLLECTION_INTERVAL = 60
 
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ def gethostname():
 
 def write_config(config):
     """Write config to AWS_CLOUDWATCH_CFG_PATH."""
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(AWS_CLOUDWATCH_CFG_PATH), exist_ok=True)
     with open(AWS_CLOUDWATCH_CFG_PATH, "w+", encoding="utf-8") as output_config_file:
         json.dump(config, output_config_file, indent=4)
 
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/cloudwatch/partial/_cloudwatch_common.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/cloudwatch/partial/_cloudwatch_common.rb
index 9118e6e97..5e9ae86f1 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/cloudwatch/partial/_cloudwatch_common.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/cloudwatch/partial/_cloudwatch_common.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ def package_path
     command "#{cookbook_virtualenv_path}/bin/python #{validator_script_path}"
   end unless redhat_on_docker?
 
+  CW_AGENT_CONFIG_JSON = '/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json'
+
   execute "cloudwatch-config-creation" do
     user 'root'
     timeout 300
@@ -182,6 +184,6 @@ def package_path
   execute "cloudwatch-agent-start" do
     user 'root'
     timeout 300
-    command "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s"
+    command "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:#{CW_AGENT_CONFIG_JSON} -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:#{CW_AGENT_CONFIG_JSON} -s"
   end unless node['cluster']['cw_logging_enabled'] != 'true' || on_docker?
 end
diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/resources/cloudwatch_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/resources/cloudwatch_spec.rb
index 9c999d242..efd323783 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/resources/cloudwatch_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/spec/unit/resources/cloudwatch_spec.rb
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def self.configure(chef_run)
           is_expected.to run_execute("cloudwatch-agent-start").with(
             user: 'root',
             timeout: 300,
-            command: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s"
+            command: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s"
           )
         end
       end
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def self.configure(chef_run)
           is_expected.to run_execute("cloudwatch-agent-start").with(
             user: 'root',
             timeout: 300,
-            command: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/etc/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s"
+            command: "/opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a append-config -m ec2 -c file:/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s || /opt/aws/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/bin/amazon-cloudwatch-agent-ctl -a fetch-config -m ec2 -c file:/etc/parallelcluster/amazon-cloudwatch-agent/amazon-cloudwatch-agent.json -s"
           )
         end
       end