diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/prometheus/prometheus.yaml b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
index 1c431ac470..79f3a37f57 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/files/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/files/prometheus/prometheus.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ scrape_configs:
       - region: us-east-1
         port: 9100
         refresh_interval: 1m
+        filters:
+          - name: instance-state-name
+            values: ["running"]
     relabel_configs:
       - source_labels: ["__meta_ec2_tag_Name"]
         target_label: "instance"