diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/kwokctl_configuration_types.go b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/kwokctl_configuration_types.go
index 4afe5df3f7..3889c8b5ba 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/kwokctl_configuration_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/kwokctl_configuration_types.go
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ type KwokctlConfigurationOptions struct {
 	DisableQPSLimits *bool `json:"disableQPSLimits,omitempty"`
 
 	// EtcdQuotaBackendSize is the backend quota for etcd.
+	// +default="8Gi"
 	EtcdQuotaBackendSize string `json:"etcdQuotaBackendSize,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
index 2651a28642..dd6d1c6b5c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/v1alpha1/zz_generated.defaults.go
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ func SetObjectDefaults_KwokctlConfiguration(in *KwokctlConfiguration) {
 		var ptrVar1 bool = false
 		in.Options.DisableQPSLimits = &ptrVar1
 	}
+	if in.Options.EtcdQuotaBackendSize == "" {
+		in.Options.EtcdQuotaBackendSize = "8Gi"
+	}
 	for i := range in.Components {
 		a := &in.Components[i]
 		for j := range a.Ports {
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/generated/kwokctl_create_cluster.md b/site/content/en/docs/generated/kwokctl_create_cluster.md
index 65351b35be..702dcabdbe 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/generated/kwokctl_create_cluster.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/generated/kwokctl_create_cluster.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ kwokctl create cluster [flags]
                                                  (default "registry.k8s.io/etcd:3.5.15-0")
       --etcd-port uint32                        Port of etcd given to the host. The behavior is unstable for kind/kind-podman runtime and may be modified in the future
       --etcd-prefix string                      prefix of the key (default "/registry")
-      --etcd-quota-backend-size string          Quota backend size for etcd
+      --etcd-quota-backend-size string          Quota backend size for etcd (default "8Gi")
       --extra-args component=key=value          Pass a single extra arg key-value pair to the component in the format component=key=value
       --heartbeat-factor float                  Scale factor for all about heartbeat (default 5)
   -h, --help                                    help for cluster
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster.txt
index 6eb1804921..cce949b7e1 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
   etcd:
     local:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
+      extraArgs:
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler:
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_extra.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
index 73e4470ae3..d7e98a776c 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
       extraArgs:
         log-level: debug
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler:
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
index 3540a9d534..0d0b95a113 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind-podman/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
   etcd:
     local:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
+      extraArgs:
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler:
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster.txt
index 5f6d4e101d..91a0b6b8b5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
   etcd:
     local:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
+      extraArgs:
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler:
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_extra.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
index 4f785ce825..ff666de592 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_extra.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
       extraArgs:
         log-level: debug
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler:
diff --git a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
index 05b69c9bc9..a4194803de 100644
--- a/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
+++ b/test/e2e/kwokctl/dryrun/testdata/kind/create_cluster_with_verbosity.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ kubeadmConfigPatches:
   etcd:
     local:
       dataDir: /var/lib/etcd
+      extraArgs:
+        quota-backend-bytes: "8589934592"
   kind: ClusterConfiguration
   networking: {}
   scheduler: