diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7967e69f..78fc162e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Changed `push_to_s3` deployment step function to write paths `as_posix()` to allow support for deploying from windows [#314](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect-aws/pull/314)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Resolved an issue where defining subnets in network configuration would erroneously report them as missing in the VPC. [#321](https://github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect-aws/pull/321)
+
 ### Deprecated
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py b/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
index 1b1c8073..a3822a3f 100644
--- a/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
+++ b/prefect_aws/workers/ecs_worker.py
@@ -1349,10 +1349,10 @@ def _custom_network_configuration(
                 + "Network configuration cannot be inferred."
             )
 
+        subnet_ids = [subnet["SubnetId"] for subnet in subnets]
+
         config_subnets = network_configuration.get("subnets", [])
-        if not all(
-            [conf_sn in sn.values() for conf_sn in config_subnets for sn in subnets]
-        ):
+        if not all(conf_sn in subnet_ids for conf_sn in config_subnets):
             raise ValueError(
                 f"Subnets {config_subnets} not found within {vpc_message}."
                 + "Please check that VPC is associated with supplied subnets."