diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/variables.addons.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/variables.addons.tf
index ae7209f..6760351 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/variables.addons.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/variables.addons.tf
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ variable "addon_versions" {
       "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.2-eksbuild.2"
     }
     "1.29" = {
-      "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.1"
-      "kube-proxy"                      = "v1.29.7-eksbuild.5"
-      "vpc-cni"                         = "v1.18.3-eksbuild.3"
-      "aws-ebs-csi-driver"              = "v1.34.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "aws-efs-csi-driver"              = "v2.0.7-eksbuild.1"
-      "adot"                            = "v0.102.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "snapshot-controller"             = "v8.0.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "amazon-cloudwatch-observability" = "v2.1.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.2-eksbuild.2"
+      "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.2"
+      "kube-proxy"                      = "v1.31.2-eksbuild.3"
+      "vpc-cni"                         = "v1.19.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "aws-ebs-csi-driver"              = "v1.37.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "aws-efs-csi-driver"              = "v2.1.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "adot"                            = "v0.109.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "snapshot-controller"             = "v8.1.0-eksbuild.2"
+      "amazon-cloudwatch-observability" = "v2.3.1-eksbuild.1"
+      "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.4-eksbuild.1"
     }
     "1.30" = {
       "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.1"
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/import.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/import.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f20f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/import.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import {
+  to = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.cluster
+  id = format("/aws/eks/%v/cluster", var.cluster_name)
+}
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/main.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/main.tf
index 9f40f01..9219b09 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/main.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/main.tf
@@ -50,18 +50,19 @@ locals {
 
 # The log group name format is /aws/eks/<cluster-name>/cluster
 # Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/control-plane-logs.html
-# Obsolete: EKS cluster automatically creates the Cloudwatch log group
-#resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "eks_cluster" {
-#  name              = format("/aws/eks/%v/cluster", var.cluster_name)
-#  retention_in_days = 180
-#
-#  tags = merge(
-#    local.base_tags,
-#    local.common_tags,
-#    var.tags,
-#    var.application_tags,
-#  )
-#}
+# define the CW log here to be able to specify a log retention date.  There is no other way to do that.
+
+resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_group" "cluster" {
+  name              = format("/aws/eks/%v/cluster", var.cluster_name)
+  retention_in_days = var.cluster_log_retention_days
+
+  tags = merge(
+    local.base_tags,
+    local.common_tags,
+    var.tags,
+    var.application_tags,
+  )
+}
 
 # we changed endpoint_public_access to false by default. This is so we can reach the EKS API through private IPs
 # from on-prem and from the cloud.  Otherwise, another account outside of where this is created will be unable to 
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.addons.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.addons.tf
index f99ac4b..340fc7d 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.addons.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.addons.tf
@@ -51,15 +51,15 @@ variable "addon_versions" {
       "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.2-eksbuild.2"
     }
     "1.29" = {
-      "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.1"
-      "kube-proxy"                      = "v1.29.7-eksbuild.5"
-      "vpc-cni"                         = "v1.18.3-eksbuild.3"
-      "aws-ebs-csi-driver"              = "v1.34.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "aws-efs-csi-driver"              = "v2.0.7-eksbuild.1"
-      "adot"                            = "v0.102.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "snapshot-controller"             = "v8.0.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "amazon-cloudwatch-observability" = "v2.1.0-eksbuild.1"
-      "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.2-eksbuild.2"
+      "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.2"
+      "kube-proxy"                      = "v1.31.2-eksbuild.3"
+      "vpc-cni"                         = "v1.19.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "aws-ebs-csi-driver"              = "v1.37.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "aws-efs-csi-driver"              = "v2.1.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "adot"                            = "v0.109.0-eksbuild.1"
+      "snapshot-controller"             = "v8.1.0-eksbuild.2"
+      "amazon-cloudwatch-observability" = "v2.3.1-eksbuild.1"
+      "eks-pod-identity-agent"          = "v1.3.4-eksbuild.1"
     }
     "1.30" = {
       "coredns"                         = "v1.11.3-eksbuild.1"
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.eks.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.eks.tf
index 4505e1e..5e166f4 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.eks.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.30/variables.eks.tf
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ variable "cluster_version" {
   default     = "1.28"
 }
 
+variable "cluster_log_retention_days" {
+  description = "The EKS cluster CloudWatch Log retention in days"
+  type        = number
+  default     = 90
+}
+
 variable "eks_instance_type" {
   description = "EKS worker node instance type"
   type        = string