diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index 91c3edf59b5..269d3aaec79 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ENV HELM_UNITTEST_VERSION 0.3.2
 ENV K3D_VERSION v5.7.1
 
 # kontainer-driver-metadata branch to be set for specific branch other than dev/master, logic at rancher/rancher/pkg/settings/setting.go
-ENV CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=dev-v2.10
+ENV CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 
 RUN zypper -n install gcc binutils glibc-devel-static ca-certificates git-core wget curl unzip tar vim less file xz gzip sed gawk iproute2 iptables jq skopeo
 # use containerd from k3s image, not from bci
diff --git a/package/Dockerfile b/package/Dockerfile
index b0f8a07d14f..9f3cea24da4 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile
+++ b/package/Dockerfile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ARG CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 ARG PARTNER_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
 ARG RKE2_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
 # kontainer-driver-metadata branch to be set for specific branch other than dev/master, logic at rancher/rancher/pkg/settings/setting.go
-ARG CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=dev-v2.10
+ARG CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 ARG VERSION=${VERSION}
 
 ENV CATTLE_SYSTEM_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=$SYSTEM_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH
diff --git a/pkg/settings/setting.go b/pkg/settings/setting.go
index de3d30d63d8..cb2b60541c4 100644
--- a/pkg/settings/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/settings/setting.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ var (
 	KubernetesVersionToSystemImages     = NewSetting("k8s-version-to-images", "")
 	KubernetesVersionsCurrent           = NewSetting("k8s-versions-current", "")
 	KubernetesVersionsDeprecated        = NewSetting("k8s-versions-deprecated", "")
-	KDMBranch                           = NewSetting("kdm-branch", "dev-v2.10")
+	KDMBranch                           = NewSetting("kdm-branch", "release-v2.10")
 	MachineVersion                      = NewSetting("machine-version", "dev")
 	Namespace                           = NewSetting("namespace", os.Getenv("CATTLE_NAMESPACE"))
 	PasswordMinLength                   = NewSetting("password-min-length", "12")
diff --git a/scripts/gha/tests b/scripts/gha/tests
index 9ad0b9c6f45..4a6ef7f1c6b 100755
--- a/scripts/gha/tests
+++ b/scripts/gha/tests
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/36827 has added appDefaults. We do not use appDefaults
 # here for simplicity's sake, as it requires semver parsing & matching. The last release should
 # be good enough for our needs.
-export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
+export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/release-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${CATTLE_CHART_DEFAULT_URL}" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/provisioning-tests b/scripts/provisioning-tests
index b515fed88e1..305997c1bf7 100755
--- a/scripts/provisioning-tests
+++ b/scripts/provisioning-tests
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/36827 has added appDefaults. We do not use appDefaults
 # here for simplicity's sake, as it requires semver parsing & matching. The last release should
 # be good enough for our needs.
-  export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
+  export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/release-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${CATTLE_CHART_DEFAULT_URL}" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index 88856fbb22d..0eac4c0695c 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/36827 has added appDefaults. We do not use appDefaults
 # here for simplicity's sake, as it requires semver parsing & matching. The last release should
 # be good enough for our needs.
-export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
+export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/release-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
 fi
 
 if [ -z "${CATTLE_CHART_DEFAULT_URL}" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/v2/codecoverage/package/Dockerfile b/tests/v2/codecoverage/package/Dockerfile
index 4a78a8ec10b..2847fb3975e 100644
--- a/tests/v2/codecoverage/package/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/v2/codecoverage/package/Dockerfile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ARG CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 ARG PARTNER_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
 ARG RKE2_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=main
 # kontainer-driver-metadata branch to be set for specific branch other than dev/master, logic at rancher/rancher/pkg/settings/setting.go
-ARG CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=dev-v2.10
+ARG CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 
 ENV CATTLE_SYSTEM_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=$SYSTEM_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH
 ENV CATTLE_CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH=$CHART_DEFAULT_BRANCH
diff --git a/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/build-rancher.sh b/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/build-rancher.sh
index 1ff8b08f35f..88571a733f2 100755
--- a/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/build-rancher.sh
+++ b/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/build-rancher.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cd $(dirname $0)/../../../../
 source $(dirname $0)/scripts/version
 source $(dirname $0)/scripts/export-config
 
-CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=dev-v2.10
+CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=release-v2.10
 
 mkdir -p bin
 
diff --git a/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/run_provisioning_integration_tests.sh b/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/run_provisioning_integration_tests.sh
index 0cd6ae5af98..549722a94c6 100755
--- a/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/run_provisioning_integration_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/v2/codecoverage/scripts/run_provisioning_integration_tests.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # https://github.com/rancher/rancher/issues/36827 has added appDefaults. We do not use appDefaults
 # here for simplicity's sake, as it requires semver parsing & matching. The last release should
 # be good enough for our needs.
-export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/dev-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
+export SOME_K8S_VERSION=$(curl -sS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/kontainer-driver-metadata/release-v2.10/data/data.json | jq -r ".$DIST.releases[-1].version")
 fi
 
 echo "Starting rancher server for provisioning-tests using $SOME_K8S_VERSION"