diff --git a/platform/src/components/aws/cluster.ts b/platform/src/components/aws/cluster.ts
index 6953e10e5..be2baaf25 100644
--- a/platform/src/components/aws/cluster.ts
+++ b/platform/src/components/aws/cluster.ts
@@ -856,7 +856,11 @@ export class Cluster extends Component {
     opts?: ComponentResourceOptions,
   ) {
     const _version = 2;
-    super(__pulumiType, name, args, opts, _version);
+    const _breakingChange = [
+      `The new version of "sst.aws.Cluster" deploys services in the public subnets by default, and does not require VPC to have NAT gateways.`,
+      `Where previously in "sst.aws.Cluster.v1" it would deploy the services in the private subnets.`,
+    ].join(" ");
+    super(__pulumiType, name, args, opts, { _version, _breakingChange });
 
     const parent = this;
 
diff --git a/platform/src/components/aws/vpc.ts b/platform/src/components/aws/vpc.ts
index b21c17cf3..71a58483b 100644
--- a/platform/src/components/aws/vpc.ts
+++ b/platform/src/components/aws/vpc.ts
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ export class Vpc extends Component implements Link.Linkable {
 
   constructor(name: string, args?: VpcArgs, opts?: ComponentResourceOptions) {
     const _version = 2;
-    super(__pulumiType, name, args, opts, _version);
+    super(__pulumiType, name, args, opts, { _version });
 
     if (args && "ref" in args) {
       const ref = args as VpcRef;
diff --git a/platform/src/components/component.ts b/platform/src/components/component.ts
index c4430770a..19ffdfa56 100644
--- a/platform/src/components/component.ts
+++ b/platform/src/components/component.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ export class Component extends ComponentResource {
     name: string,
     args?: Inputs,
     opts?: ComponentResourceOptions,
-    _version: number = 1,
+    _versionInfo: {
+      _version: number;
+      _breakingChange?: string;
+    } = { _version: 1 },
   ) {
     const transforms = ComponentTransforms.get(type) ?? [];
     for (const transform of transforms) {
@@ -331,13 +334,16 @@ export class Component extends ComponentResource {
 
     // Check component version
     const oldVersion = $cli.state.version[name];
-    const newVersion = _version;
+    const newVersion = _versionInfo._version;
     if (oldVersion) {
       const className = type.replaceAll(":", ".");
       if (oldVersion < newVersion) {
         throw new VisibleError(
           [
             `There is a new version of "${className}" that has breaking changes.`,
+            ...(_versionInfo._breakingChange
+              ? [_versionInfo._breakingChange]
+              : []),
             `To continue using the previous version, rename "${className}" to "${className}.v${oldVersion}".`,
             `Or recreate this component to update - https://ion.sst.dev/docs/components/#versioning`,
           ].join(" "),