diff --git a/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules b/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules
index 3df1ecd..64c3158 100644
--- a/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules
+++ b/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
 # the License.
 
 #nvme-ns-* devices
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$attr{model}_$attr{serial}-ns-%n", OPTIONS+="string_escape=replace"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$attr{model}_$attr{serial}-ns-%n", OPTIONS+="string_escape=replace"
 
 #nvme partitions
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*",  IMPORT{program}="ec2nvme-nsid %k"
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*",  ENV{_NS_ID}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$attr{model}_$attr{serial}-ns-$env{_NS_ID}-part%n", OPTIONS+="string_escape=replace"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*",  IMPORT{program}="ec2nvme-nsid %k"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{serial}=="?*", ATTRS{model}=="?*",  ENV{_NS_ID}=="?*", SYMLINK+="disk/by-id/nvme-$attr{model}_$attr{serial}-ns-$env{_NS_ID}-part%n", OPTIONS+="string_escape=replace"
 
 # ebs nvme devices
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*",        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk",      ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", PROGRAM="/sbin/ebsnvme-id -u /dev/%k", SYMLINK+="%c"
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", PROGRAM="/sbin/ebsnvme-id -u /dev/%k", SYMLINK+="%c%n"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*",        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk",      ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", PROGRAM="/sbin/ebsnvme-id -u /dev/%k", SYMLINK+="%c"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*p[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="partition", ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", PROGRAM="/sbin/ebsnvme-id -u /dev/%k", SYMLINK+="%c%n"
 
 # Do not timeout I/O operations on EBS volumes.
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", ATTR{queue/io_timeout}="4294967295"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk", ATTRS{model}=="Amazon Elastic Block Store", ATTR{queue/io_timeout}="4294967295"
 
 # instance store nvme devices
-KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*",        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk",      ATTRS{model}=="Amazon EC2 NVMe Instance Storage", ATTR{queue/io_timeout}="90000"
+ACTION="add", KERNEL=="nvme[0-9]*n[0-9]*",        ENV{DEVTYPE}=="disk",      ATTRS{model}=="Amazon EC2 NVMe Instance Storage", ATTR{queue/io_timeout}="90000"
diff --git a/amazon-ec2-utils.spec b/amazon-ec2-utils.spec
index f39109b..e97035b 100644
--- a/amazon-ec2-utils.spec
+++ b/amazon-ec2-utils.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Name:      amazon-ec2-utils
 Summary:   A set of tools for running in EC2
 Version:   1.3
-Release:   4%{?dist}
+Release:   5%{?dist}
 License:   MIT
 Group:     System Tools
 
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_sysconfdir}/udev/rules.d/70-ec2-nvme-devices.rules
 
 %changelog
+
+* Wed Nov 17 2021 Noah Meyerhans <nmeyerha@amazon.com> 1.3-5
+- Restrict NVME udev rules to "add" events
+
 * Wed Nov 17 2021 Hailey Mothershead <hailmo@amazon.com> 1.3-4
 - Add udev rule to increase read_ahead_kb when an NFS share is mounted