diff --git a/src/schema/transformers/MutuallyExclusivePropertiesForValidation.ts b/src/schema/transformers/MutuallyExclusivePropertiesForValidation.ts
index 987549cf..2ba63fb7 100644
--- a/src/schema/transformers/MutuallyExclusivePropertiesForValidation.ts
+++ b/src/schema/transformers/MutuallyExclusivePropertiesForValidation.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export interface DependentExcluded {
 
 export const dependentExcludedMap = getDependentExcludedMap();
 
-function getDependentExcludedMap(): Map<string, DependentExcluded> {
+function getDependentExcludedMap() {
     const dependentExcludedMap = new Map<string, DependentExcluded>();
 
     dependentExcludedMap.set('AWS::CloudFront::Distribution', {
@@ -66,5 +66,73 @@ function getDependentExcludedMap(): Map<string, DependentExcluded> {
         HealthCheckCustomConfig: ['HealthCheckConfig'],
     });
 
-    return dependentExcludedMap;
+    return dependentExcludedMap as ReadonlyMap<string, DependentExcluded>;
+}
+
+export type RequiredXor = string[];
+export const requiredXorMap = getRequiredXorMap();
+
+function getRequiredXorMap() {
+    const requiredXorMap = new Map<string, RequiredXor[]>();
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy', [['ScalingTargetId', 'ResourceId']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup', [
+        ['InstanceId', 'LaunchConfigurationName', 'LaunchTemplate', 'MixedInstancesPolicy'],
+        ['LaunchTemplateId', 'LaunchTemplateName'], // path: /definitions/LaunchTemplateSpecification
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration', [
+        ['VirtualName', 'Ebs', 'NoDevice'], // path: /definitions/BlockDeviceMapping
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::CloudFront::Distribution', [
+        ['AcmCertificateArn', 'CloudFrontDefaultCertificate', 'IamCertificateId'], // path: /definitions/ViewerCertificate
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm', [['Metrics', 'MetricName']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::CodePipeline::Pipeline', [['ArtifactStore', 'ArtifactStores']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::Instance', [
+        ['VirtualName', 'Ebs', 'NoDevice'], // path: /definitions/BlockDeviceMapping
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::LaunchTemplate', [
+        ['VirtualName', 'Ebs', 'NoDevice'], // path: /definitions/BlockDeviceMapping
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::NetworkAclEntry', [['Ipv6CidrBlock', 'CidrBlock']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::SecurityGroup', [
+        ['CidrIp', 'CidrIpv6', 'DestinationSecurityGroupId', 'DestinationPrefixListId'], // path: /definitions/Egress
+        ['CidrIp', 'CidrIpv6', 'SourcePrefixListId', 'SourceSecurityGroupId', 'SourceSecurityGroupName'], // path: /definitions/Ingress
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupEgress', [
+        ['CidrIp', 'CidrIpv6', 'DestinationPrefixListId', 'DestinationSecurityGroupId'],
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::SecurityGroupIngress', [
+        ['CidrIp', 'CidrIpv6', 'SourcePrefixListId', 'SourceSecurityGroupId', 'SourceSecurityGroupName'],
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::SpotFleet', [
+        ['VirtualName', 'Ebs', 'NoDevice'], // path: /definitions/BlockDeviceMapping
+        ['LaunchSpecifications', 'LaunchTemplateConfigs'], // path: /definitions/SpotFleetRequestConfigData
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::EC2::VPC', [['CidrBlock', 'Ipv4IpamPoolId']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::LoadBalancer', [['Subnets', 'SubnetMappings']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::OpsWorks::Instance', [
+        ['VirtualName', 'Ebs', 'NoDevice'], // path: /definitions/BlockDeviceMapping
+    ]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::Route53::RecordSet', [['HostedZoneId', 'HostedZoneName']]);
+
+    requiredXorMap.set('AWS::Route53::RecordSetGroup', [['HostedZoneId', 'HostedZoneName']]);
+
+    return requiredXorMap as ReadonlyMap<string, RequiredXor[]>;
 }
diff --git a/src/schema/transformers/RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer.ts b/src/schema/transformers/RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54121157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/schema/transformers/RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { ResourceSchema } from '../ResourceSchema';
+import { RequiredXor, requiredXorMap } from './MutuallyExclusivePropertiesForValidation';
+import { ResourceTemplateTransformer } from './ResourceTemplateTransformer';
+
+export class RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer implements ResourceTemplateTransformer {
+    transform(resourceProperties: Record<string, unknown>, schema: ResourceSchema): void {
+        const resourceType = schema.typeName;
+        const requiredXorData = requiredXorMap.get(resourceType);
+        if (!requiredXorData) {
+            return;
+        }
+        this.removeXorProperties(resourceProperties, requiredXorData);
+    }
+
+    private removeXorProperties(obj: Record<string, unknown>, requiredXorData: RequiredXor[]) {
+        for (const keysArray of requiredXorData) {
+            const firstFound = keysArray.find((key) => key in obj);
+
+            if (firstFound) {
+                // Remove all other keys in the xor array
+                for (const key of keysArray) {
+                    if (key !== firstFound && key in obj) {
+                        delete obj[key];
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Recursively process nested objects
+        for (const value of Object.values(obj)) {
+            if (value && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)) {
+                this.removeXorProperties(value as Record<string, unknown>, requiredXorData);
+            } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+                for (const item of value) {
+                    if (item && typeof item === 'object') {
+                        this.removeXorProperties(item as Record<string, unknown>, requiredXorData);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/schema/transformers/TransformersUtil.ts b/src/schema/transformers/TransformersUtil.ts
index 2841cec5..468345e7 100644
--- a/src/schema/transformers/TransformersUtil.ts
+++ b/src/schema/transformers/TransformersUtil.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { ResourceStatePurpose } from '../../resourceState/ResourceStateTypes';
 import { RemoveMutuallyExclusivePropertiesTransformer } from './RemoveMutuallyExclusivePropertiesTransformer';
 import { RemoveReadonlyPropertiesTransformer } from './RemoveReadonlyPropertiesTransformer';
+import { RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer } from './RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer';
 import { RemoveSystemTagsTransformer } from './RemoveSystemTagsTransformer';
 import { ReplacePrimaryIdentifierTransformer } from './ReplacePrimaryIdentifierTransformer';
 import type { ResourceTemplateTransformer } from './ResourceTemplateTransformer';
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export class TransformersUtil {
                 new RemoveReadonlyPropertiesTransformer(),
                 new RemoveMutuallyExclusivePropertiesTransformer(),
                 new RemoveSystemTagsTransformer(),
+                new RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer(),
             ];
         } else if (purpose === ResourceStatePurpose.CLONE) {
             return [
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ export class TransformersUtil {
                 new RemoveMutuallyExclusivePropertiesTransformer(),
                 new RemoveSystemTagsTransformer(),
                 new ReplacePrimaryIdentifierTransformer(),
+                new RemoveRequiredXorPropertiesTransformer(),
             ];
         }
         return [];