diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.test.ts
index a1ba0693bf3f3..1ed77d43b06ad 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.test.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ describe('TelemetryEventsSender', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     logger = loggingSystemMock.createLogger();
     sender = new TelemetryEventsSender(logger);
+    sender['fetchClusterInfo'] = jest.fn(async () => {
+      return {
+        cluster_uuid: '1',
+        cluster_name: 'name',
+        version: {
+          number: '8.0.0',
+        },
+      } as InfoResponse;
+    });
     sender.start(undefined, {
       elasticsearch: { client: { asInternalUser: { info: jest.fn(async () => ({})) } } },
     } as any);
@@ -76,7 +85,7 @@ describe('TelemetryEventsSender', () => {
 
       expect(sender['sendEvents']).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'https://telemetry-staging.elastic.co/v3/send/fleet-upgrades',
-        undefined,
+        { cluster_name: 'name', cluster_uuid: '1', version: { number: '8.0.0' } },
         expect.anything()
       );
     });
@@ -113,16 +122,6 @@ describe('TelemetryEventsSender', () => {
         ),
       };
 
-      sender['fetchClusterInfo'] = jest.fn(async () => {
-        return {
-          cluster_uuid: '1',
-          cluster_name: 'name',
-          version: {
-            number: '8.0.0',
-          },
-        } as InfoResponse;
-      });
-
       const myChannelEvents = [{ 'event.kind': '1' }, { 'event.kind': '2' }];
       // @ts-ignore
       sender.queueTelemetryEvents('my-channel', myChannelEvents);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.ts b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.ts
index e7413872b6245..473ff470842bf 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/fleet/server/telemetry/sender.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export class TelemetryEventsSender {
   private queuesPerChannel: { [channel: string]: TelemetryQueue<any> } = {};
   private isOptedIn?: boolean = true; // Assume true until the first check
   private esClient?: ElasticsearchClient;
+  private clusterInfo?: InfoResponse;
 
   constructor(logger: Logger) {
     this.logger = logger;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ export class TelemetryEventsSender {
   public async start(telemetryStart?: TelemetryPluginStart, core?: CoreStart) {
     this.telemetryStart = telemetryStart;
     this.esClient = core?.elasticsearch.client.asInternalUser;
+    this.clusterInfo = await this.fetchClusterInfo();
 
     this.logger.debug(`Starting local task`);
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -92,12 +94,10 @@ export class TelemetryEventsSender {
       return;
     }
 
-    const clusterInfo = await this.fetchClusterInfo();
-
     for (const channel of Object.keys(this.queuesPerChannel)) {
       await this.sendEvents(
         await this.fetchTelemetryUrl(channel),
-        clusterInfo,
+        this.clusterInfo,
         this.queuesPerChannel[channel]
       );
     }