diff --git a/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/README.md b/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/README.md
index 220d6c87f3..a03f45c52f 100644
--- a/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/README.md
+++ b/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/README.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Create a Terraform variable definition file called base.tfvars and update the va
 
 ```shell script
 region             = "us-west-2"
-cluster_version    = "1.22"
+cluster_version    = "1.24"
 vpc_id             = "<vpc-id>"
 private_subnet_ids = ["<private-subnet-1>", "<private-subnet-2>", "<private-subnet-3>"]
 cluster_security_group_additional_rules = {
@@ -202,8 +202,6 @@ Create a Terraform variable definition file called base.tfvars and update the va
 ```shell script
 region         = "us-west-2"
 eks_cluster_id = "eks"
-cluster_version= "1.22"
-
 ```
 #### Step2: Run Terraform INIT
 Initialize a working directory with configuration files
diff --git a/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/eks/variables.tf b/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/eks/variables.tf
index b87bedeabd..0345e07427 100644
--- a/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/eks/variables.tf
+++ b/examples/fully-private-eks-cluster/eks/variables.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variable "cluster_version" {
-  description = "Kubernetes `<major>.<minor>` version to use for the EKS cluster (i.e.: `1.23`)"
+  description = "Kubernetes `<major>.<minor>` version to use for the EKS cluster (i.e.: `1.24`)"
   type        = string
-  default     = "1.23"
+  default     = "1.24"
 }
 
 variable "region" {