diff --git a/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/README.md b/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/README.md
index c40fb3f..f742262 100644
--- a/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/README.md
+++ b/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,28 @@ terraform apply
 Creating the cluster and the database takes a while (EKS and DocumentDB are
 both slow to provision).
 
+### Replacing the VPC
+
+AWS cannot move a DocumentDB subnet group or cluster between VPCs. The subnet
+group name therefore includes the VPC ID, allowing Terraform to create a new
+group and replace the cluster when the VPC changes instead of attempting an
+unsupported in-place subnet update.
+
+Discard any saved plan created before a VPC replacement or configuration
+change, then create and apply a fresh one:
+
+```bash
+rm -f tfplan
+terraform plan -out=tfplan
+terraform apply tfplan
+```
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Replacing the VPC also replaces the DocumentDB cluster. If it contains data,
+> create and verify a snapshot before applying the plan; a final snapshot
+> preserves the old data but is not restored into the replacement cluster
+> automatically.
+
 State is kept locally by default. For anything shared, add a backend, for
 example:
 
diff --git a/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/documentdb.tf b/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/documentdb.tf
index 53559b8..b079af8 100644
--- a/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/documentdb.tf
+++ b/modules/amazon-eks-documentdb/documentdb.tf
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ resource "random_password" "docdb" {
 }
 
 locals {
-  docdb_password = var.docdb_password != null ? var.docdb_password : random_password.docdb[0].result
+  docdb_password          = var.docdb_password != null ? var.docdb_password : random_password.docdb[0].result
+  docdb_subnet_group_name = "${local.name}-docdb-${module.vpc.vpc_id}"
 }
 
 resource "aws_security_group" "docdb" {
@@ -56,11 +57,15 @@ resource "aws_vpc_security_group_ingress_rule" "docdb_from_cidrs" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_docdb_subnet_group" "this" {
-  name        = "${local.name}-docdb"
+  name        = local.docdb_subnet_group_name
   description = "Private subnets of the Kerberos Hub VPC"
   subnet_ids  = module.vpc.private_subnets
 
   tags = local.tags
+
+  lifecycle {
+    create_before_destroy = true
+  }
 }
 
 resource "aws_docdb_cluster_parameter_group" "this" {
@@ -107,6 +112,10 @@ resource "aws_docdb_cluster" "this" {
   final_snapshot_identifier = var.docdb_skip_final_snapshot ? null : "${local.name}-docdb-final"
 
   tags = local.tags
+
+  lifecycle {
+    replace_triggered_by = [aws_docdb_subnet_group.this.name]
+  }
 }
 
 resource "aws_docdb_cluster_instance" "this" {