diff --git a/infrastructure-elemental/v0.0.1/cluster-template-k3s.yaml b/infrastructure-elemental/v0.0.1/cluster-template-k3s.yaml
index 0eccd32c..7ea4da69 100644
--- a/infrastructure-elemental/v0.0.1/cluster-template-k3s.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure-elemental/v0.0.1/cluster-template-k3s.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ spec:
         apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
         kind: ElementalMachineTemplate
         name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0
-      version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
+      version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}+k3s1
 ---
 apiVersion: controlplane.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: KThreesControlPlane
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ spec:
     kind: ElementalMachineTemplate
     name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
   replicas: 1
-  version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
+  version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}+k3s1
 ---
 apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: ElementalCluster