diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d74e5704..ab4899b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [6.1.1](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-ec2-instance/compare/v6.1.0...v6.1.1) (2025-08-25)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Avoid setting `Name` tag when a value has not been provided for `name` ([#452](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-ec2-instance/issues/452)) ([c227866](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-ec2-instance/commit/c227866fa9c7a3ac557fb6ad53ce813ae42590b7))
+
 ## [6.1.0](https://github.com/terraform-aws-modules/terraform-aws-ec2-instance/compare/v6.0.2...v6.1.0) (2025-08-22)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 850b7371..21ed8faa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module "ec2_instance" {
 
   name = "single-instance"
 
-  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+  instance_type = "t3.micro"
   key_name      = "user1"
   monitoring    = true
   subnet_id     = "subnet-eddcdzz4"
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module "ec2_instance" {
 
   name = "instance-${each.key}"
 
-  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+  instance_type = "t3.micro"
   key_name      = "user1"
   monitoring    = true
   subnet_id     = "subnet-eddcdzz4"
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ module "ec2_instance" {
   spot_price           = "0.60"
   spot_type            = "persistent"
 
-  instance_type = "t2.micro"
+  instance_type = "t3.micro"
   key_name      = "user1"
   monitoring    = true
   subnet_id     = "subnet-eddcdzz4"
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index b116b406..39b3e235 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ locals {
   instance_tags = merge(
     var.tags,
     var.instance_tags,
-    { "Name" = var.name },
+    var.name != "" ? { "Name" = var.name } : {}
   )
 
   instance_id = try(