diff --git a/lab/_envcommon/common-variables.hcl b/lab/_envcommon/common-variables.hcl
index 0978f51..aa8af71 100644
--- a/lab/_envcommon/common-variables.hcl
+++ b/lab/_envcommon/common-variables.hcl
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ locals {
   state_table_name    = "tf_remote_state"
   terraform           = true
   terragrunt          = true
-  versionshcl         = try(read_terragrunt_config("./versions.hcl"), read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("default_versions.hcl")))
 }
diff --git a/lab/root.hcl b/lab/root.hcl
index 4ff045c..cba453a 100644
--- a/lab/root.hcl
+++ b/lab/root.hcl
@@ -5,19 +5,22 @@
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 locals {
   # Automatically load account-level variables (NOTE: In our environment account = environment so there is not separate environment layer)
-  account_vars = try(read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("account.hcl")))
+  account_vars = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("account.hcl"))
 
   # Automatically load _envcommon, cross account and environment common variables
-  common_vars = try(read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("./_envcommon/common-variables.hcl")))
+  common_vars = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("./_envcommon/common-variables.hcl"))
+
+  # Automatically load versions
+  versions = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("./_envcommon/default-versions.hcl"))
 
   # Automatically load cluster-level variables
-  cluster_vars = try(read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("cluster.hcl")))
+  cluster_vars = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("cluster.hcl"))
 
   # Automatically load region-level variables
-  region_vars = try(read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("region.hcl")))
+  region_vars = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("region.hcl"))
 
   # Automatically load vpc-level variables
-  vpc_vars = try(read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("vpc.hcl")))
+  vpc_vars = read_terragrunt_config(find_in_parent_folders("vpc.hcl"))
 
   # Extract the variables we need for easy access
   account_id          = local.account_vars.locals.aws_account_id
@@ -63,5 +66,6 @@ inputs = merge(
   local.cluster_vars.locals,
   local.common_vars.locals,
   local.region_vars.locals,
+  local.versions.locals,
   local.vpc_vars.locals
 )