diff --git a/modules/gcp/gke/main.tf b/modules/gcp/gke/main.tf
index 720ee6d..734cef8 100644
--- a/modules/gcp/gke/main.tf
+++ b/modules/gcp/gke/main.tf
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ resource "google_compute_subnetwork" "cluster_subnet" {
 
 module "gke" {
   depends_on = [google_compute_subnetwork.cluster_subnet]
-  source = "github.com/argonautdev/terraform-google-kubernetes-engine//modules/private-cluster?ref=v21.1.6"
+  source = "github.com/argonautdev/terraform-google-kubernetes-engine//modules/private-cluster?ref=v21.1.8"
   project_id                      = var.project_id
   name                            = var.cluster_name
   description                     = var.description
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ module "gke" {
   filestore_csi_driver            = var.filestore_csi_driver
   horizontal_pod_autoscaling      = var.horizontal_pod_autoscaling
   enable_vertical_pod_autoscaling = var.enable_vertical_pod_autoscaling
-  kubernetes_version              = var.kubernetes_version
+  kubernetes_version              = var.platform_version
   initial_node_count              = var.initial_node_count ##How many instances should be launched in each zone
   node_pools                      = var.node_pools
   remove_default_node_pool        = var.remove_default_node_pool
diff --git a/modules/gcp/gke/variables.tf b/modules/gcp/gke/variables.tf
index 742e5ea..0ed41c2 100644
--- a/modules/gcp/gke/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/gcp/gke/variables.tf
@@ -125,10 +125,9 @@ variable "horizontal_pod_autoscaling" {
 }
 
 ## https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/versioning#specifying_cluster_version
-variable "kubernetes_version" {
+variable "platform_version" {
   type        = string
   description = "The Kubernetes version of the masters."
-  default     = "1.24"
 }
 
 variable "initial_node_count" {