diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/main.tf b/terraform-aws-github-runner/main.tf
index 7ade16adaa..01ce6b3ecc 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/main.tf
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/main.tf
@@ -122,10 +122,8 @@ module "runners" {
   lambda_timeout_scale_down        = var.runners_scale_down_lambda_timeout
   lambda_subnet_ids                = var.lambda_subnet_ids
 
-  lambda_security_group_ids        = concat(
-    var.lambda_security_group_ids,
-    [module.runners_instances.security_groups_ids_vpcs[0]]
-  )
+  lambda_security_group_ids        = var.lambda_security_group_ids
+  runners_security_group_ids       = module.runners_instances.security_groups_ids_vpcs
   github_app_key_base64            = module.runners_instances.github_app_key_base64
   github_app_client_secret         = module.runners_instances.github_app_client_secret
   role_runner_arn                  = module.runners_instances.role_runner_arn
diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-down.tf b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-down.tf
index 3345146f9b..d37279e990 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-down.tf
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-down.tf
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "scale_down" {
   }
 
   vpc_config {
-    security_group_ids = var.lambda_security_group_ids
+    security_group_ids = concat(
+      var.lambda_security_group_ids,
+      [var.runners_security_group_ids[0]]
+    )
     subnet_ids         = var.lambda_subnet_ids
   }
 }
diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-up.tf b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-up.tf
index 87ea37b83d..b57f578bcb 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-up.tf
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/scale-up.tf
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "scale_up" {
               format(
                 "%s|%s",
                 vpc.vpc,
-                var.lambda_security_group_ids[local.vpc_id_to_idx[vpc.vpc]]
+                var.runners_security_group_ids[local.vpc_id_to_idx[vpc.vpc]]
               )
           ],
           [
@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "scale_up" {
   }
 
   vpc_config {
-    security_group_ids = var.lambda_security_group_ids
+    security_group_ids = concat(
+      var.lambda_security_group_ids,
+      [var.runners_security_group_ids[0]]
+    )
     subnet_ids         = var.lambda_subnet_ids
   }
 }
diff --git a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/variables.tf b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/variables.tf
index 354511505c..b4081b83b3 100644
--- a/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/variables.tf
+++ b/terraform-aws-github-runner/modules/runners/variables.tf
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ variable "lambda_security_group_ids" {
   default     = []
 }
 
+variable "runners_security_group_ids" {
+  description = "Security groups"
+  type        = list(string)
+  default     = []
+}
+
 variable "secretsmanager_secrets_id" {
   description = "(optional) ID for secretsmanager secret to use for Github App credentials"
   type        = string