diff --git a/hack/ci/Makefile b/hack/ci/Makefile
index a755ebe2..8951681f 100644
--- a/hack/ci/Makefile
+++ b/hack/ci/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ PROJECT_ROOT ?= ../..
 KYMA_CLI ?= "${PROJECT_ROOT}/${KYMA}"
 CLUSTER_NAME ?= kyma
 REGISTRY_PORT ?= 5001
-K3D_VERSION ?= 1.28.7
+K3D_VERSION ?= 1.28.4
+GARDENER_KUBE_VERSION ?= 1.28.4
 
 .PHONY: create-kyma-system-ns
 create-kyma-system-ns: ## Create kyma-system namespace.
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ create-kyma-system-ns: ## Create kyma-system namespace.
 
 .PHONY: create-k3d
 create-k3d: ## Create k3d with kyma CRDs.
-	"${KYMA_CLI}" provision k3d -p 8081:80@loadbalancer -p 8443:443@loadbalancer --registry-port ${REGISTRY_PORT} --name ${CLUSTER_NAME} -k ${K3D_VERSION} --ci 
+	"${KYMA_CLI}" provision k3d -p 8081:80@loadbalancer -p 8443:443@loadbalancer --registry-port ${REGISTRY_PORT} --name ${CLUSTER_NAME} -k ${K3D_VERSION} --ci
 
 .PHONY: install-nats-module
 install-nats-module:
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ wait-api-gateway-cr-ready:
 
 .PHONY: provision-gardener-cluster
 provision-gardener-cluster:
-	GARDENER_CLUSTER_VERSION="${K3D_VERSION}" PROJECT_ROOT="${PROJECT_ROOT}" KYMA_CLI="${KYMA_CLI}" ${PROJECT_ROOT}/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
+	GARDENER_CLUSTER_VERSION="${GARDENER_KUBE_VERSION}" PROJECT_ROOT="${PROJECT_ROOT}" KYMA_CLI="${KYMA_CLI}" ${PROJECT_ROOT}/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
 
 .PHONY: deprovision-gardener-cluster
 deprovision-gardener-cluster:
diff --git a/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh b/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
index 3ed8a85e..17471ef8 100755
--- a/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
+++ b/scripts/gardener/aws/provision.sh
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@ gardener::validate_and_default() {
     fi
 
     if [ -z "$GARDENER_CLUSTER_VERSION" ]; then
-        # grep the default kube-version defined in kyma CLI.
-        export GARDENER_CLUSTER_VERSION="$(${KYMA_CLI} provision gardener aws --help | grep "kube-version string" | awk -F "\"" '{print $2}')"
+        # Detect supported kube-version.
+        export GARDENER_CLUSTER_VERSION=$(kubectl --kubeconfig="${GARDENER_KUBECONFIG}" get cloudprofiles.core.gardener.cloud aws -o go-template='{{range .spec.kubernetes.versions}}{{if eq .classification "supported"}}{{.version}}{{break}}{{end}}{{end}}')
     fi
 
     # Detect supported linux version.
-    GARDEN_LINUX_VERSION=$(kubectl --kubeconfig="${GARDENER_KUBECONFIG}" get cloudprofiles.core.gardener.cloud gcp -o go-template='{{range .spec.machineImages}}{{if eq .name "gardenlinux"}}{{range .versions}}{{if eq .classification "supported"}}{{.version}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}')
+    GARDEN_LINUX_VERSION=$(kubectl --kubeconfig="${GARDENER_KUBECONFIG}" get cloudprofiles.core.gardener.cloud aws -o go-template='{{range .spec.machineImages}}{{if eq .name "gardenlinux"}}{{range .versions}}{{if eq .classification "supported"}}{{.version}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}{{end}}')
 
     # print configurations for debugging purposes:
     log::banner "Configurations:"