diff --git a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr
index 221b1ae6af..a16ab84bdf 100644
--- a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr
+++ b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr
@@ -1660,6 +1660,8 @@ private aws.ec2.instance @defaults("arn state") {
   privateDnsName string
   // Keypair associated with the instance
   keypair() aws.ec2.keypair
+  // Time when the last state transition occurred
+  stateTransitionTime time
 }
 
 // Amazon EC2 Key Pair
diff --git a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.go b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.go
index 830272a640..dba7cf286f 100644
--- a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.go
+++ b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.go
@@ -2376,6 +2376,9 @@ var getDataFields = map[string]func(r plugin.Resource) *plugin.DataRes{
 	"aws.ec2.instance.keypair": func(r plugin.Resource) *plugin.DataRes {
 		return (r.(*mqlAwsEc2Instance).GetKeypair()).ToDataRes(types.Resource("aws.ec2.keypair"))
 	},
+	"aws.ec2.instance.stateTransitionTime": func(r plugin.Resource) *plugin.DataRes {
+		return (r.(*mqlAwsEc2Instance).GetStateTransitionTime()).ToDataRes(types.Time)
+	},
 	"aws.ec2.keypair.arn": func(r plugin.Resource) *plugin.DataRes {
 		return (r.(*mqlAwsEc2Keypair).GetArn()).ToDataRes(types.String)
 	},
@@ -5418,6 +5421,10 @@ var setDataFields = map[string]func(r plugin.Resource, v *llx.RawData) bool {
 		r.(*mqlAwsEc2Instance).Keypair, ok = plugin.RawToTValue[*mqlAwsEc2Keypair](v.Value, v.Error)
 		return
 	},
+	"aws.ec2.instance.stateTransitionTime": func(r plugin.Resource, v *llx.RawData) (ok bool) {
+		r.(*mqlAwsEc2Instance).StateTransitionTime, ok = plugin.RawToTValue[*time.Time](v.Value, v.Error)
+		return
+	},
 	"aws.ec2.keypair.__id": func(r plugin.Resource, v *llx.RawData) (ok bool) {
 			r.(*mqlAwsEc2Keypair).__id, ok = v.Value.(string)
 			return
@@ -14599,6 +14606,7 @@ type mqlAwsEc2Instance struct {
 	PrivateIp plugin.TValue[string]
 	PrivateDnsName plugin.TValue[string]
 	Keypair plugin.TValue[*mqlAwsEc2Keypair]
+	StateTransitionTime plugin.TValue[*time.Time]
 }
 
 // createAwsEc2Instance creates a new instance of this resource
@@ -14768,6 +14776,10 @@ func (c *mqlAwsEc2Instance) GetKeypair() *plugin.TValue[*mqlAwsEc2Keypair] {
 	})
 }
 
+func (c *mqlAwsEc2Instance) GetStateTransitionTime() *plugin.TValue[*time.Time] {
+	return &c.StateTransitionTime
+}
+
 // mqlAwsEc2Keypair for the aws.ec2.keypair resource
 type mqlAwsEc2Keypair struct {
 	MqlRuntime *plugin.Runtime
diff --git a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.manifest.yaml b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.manifest.yaml
index 61c581fc30..4743fa5de0 100755
--- a/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.manifest.yaml
+++ b/providers/aws/resources/aws.lr.manifest.yaml
@@ -860,6 +860,8 @@ resources:
       state: {}
       stateReason: {}
       stateTransitionReason: {}
+      stateTransitionTime:
+        min_mondoo_version: 9.0.0
       tags: {}
       vpc: {}
     is_private: true
diff --git a/providers/aws/resources/aws_ec2.go b/providers/aws/resources/aws_ec2.go
index 50c20b3b9b..4e4e744e9b 100644
--- a/providers/aws/resources/aws_ec2.go
+++ b/providers/aws/resources/aws_ec2.go
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ package resources
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2"
 	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
@@ -694,7 +696,16 @@ func (a *mqlAwsEc2) gatherInstanceInfo(instances []ec2types.Reservation, imdsvVe
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-
+			var stateTransitionTime time.Time
+			reg := regexp.MustCompile(`.*\((\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}\s\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}) GMT\)`)
+			timeString := reg.FindStringSubmatch(convert.ToString(instance.StateTransitionReason))
+			if len(timeString) == 2 {
+				stateTransitionTime, err = time.Parse(time.DateTime, timeString[1])
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Error().Err(err).Msg("cannot parse state transition time for ec2 instance")
+					stateTransitionTime = llx.NeverPastTime
+				}
+			}
 			args := map[string]*llx.RawData{
 				"platformDetails":       llx.StringData(convert.ToString(instance.PlatformDetails)),
 				"arn":                   llx.StringData(fmt.Sprintf(ec2InstanceArnPattern, regionVal, conn.AccountId(), convert.ToString(instance.InstanceId))),
@@ -715,6 +726,7 @@ func (a *mqlAwsEc2) gatherInstanceInfo(instances []ec2types.Reservation, imdsvVe
 				"launchTime":            llx.TimeData(toTime(instance.LaunchTime)),
 				"privateIp":             llx.StringData(convert.ToString(instance.PrivateIpAddress)),
 				"privateDnsName":        llx.StringData(convert.ToString(instance.PrivateDnsName)),
+				"stateTransitionTime":   llx.TimeData(stateTransitionTime),
 			}
 
 			if instance.ImageId != nil {