diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/settings.auto.tfvars.example b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/settings.auto.tfvars.example
index 43dd34a..de68e22 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/settings.auto.tfvars.example
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/settings.auto.tfvars.example
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cluster_name           = "org-project-env"
-cluster_version        = "1.24"
+cluster_version        = "1.25"
 region                 = "us-gov-east-1"
 ## domain                 = "org-project-env.env.domain.census.gov"
 eks_instance_disk_size = 40
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/variables.eks.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/variables.eks.tf
index b6ba4ca..6088491 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/variables.eks.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.25/variables.eks.tf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ variable "cluster_name" {
 variable "cluster_version" {
   description = "The EKS version number, see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/kubernetes-versions.html"
   type        = string
-  default     = "1.21"
+  default     = "1.25"
 }
 
 variable "eks_instance_type" {