diff --git a/hack/test/e2e-aws-prepare.sh b/hack/test/e2e-aws-prepare.sh
index baa34fbc5ed..a9c9532429b 100755
--- a/hack/test/e2e-aws-prepare.sh
+++ b/hack/test/e2e-aws-prepare.sh
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ jq --null-input \
   --arg AMI_ID "${AMI_ID}" \
   --arg NVIDIA_AMI_ID "${NVIDIA_AMI_ID}" \
   --arg CLUSTER_NAME "${NAME_PREFIX}" \
+  --arg TALOS_VERSION_CONTRACT "${TALOS_VERSION}" \
   --arg KUBERNETES_VERSION "${KUBERNETES_VERSION}" \
-  '{worker_group: $WORKER_GROUP, ami_id: $AMI_ID, nvidia_ami_id: $NVIDIA_AMI_ID, cluster_name: $CLUSTER_NAME, kubernetes_version: $KUBERNETES_VERSION}' \
+  '{worker_group: $WORKER_GROUP, ami_id: $AMI_ID, nvidia_ami_id: $NVIDIA_AMI_ID, cluster_name: $CLUSTER_NAME, talos_version_contract: $TALOS_VERSION_CONTRACT, kubernetes_version: $KUBERNETES_VERSION}' \
   | jq -f hack/test/tfvars/aws.jq > "${ARTIFACTS}/e2e-aws-generated/vars.json"
 
 cp hack/test/tfvars/*.yaml "${ARTIFACTS}/e2e-aws-generated"
diff --git a/hack/test/e2e.sh b/hack/test/e2e.sh
index 4cb3c3c1a62..e0c61fcedba 100755
--- a/hack/test/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/test/e2e.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ mkdir -p "${TMP}"
 # Talos
 
 export TALOSCONFIG="${TMP}/talosconfig"
-export TALOS_VERSION=v1.1
+TALOS_VERSION=$(cut -d "." -f 1,2 <<< "${TAG}")
+export TALOS_VERSION
 
 # Kubernetes
 
diff --git a/hack/test/tfvars/aws.jq b/hack/test/tfvars/aws.jq
index 5f9df9f6c32..55c3eac9758 100644
--- a/hack/test/tfvars/aws.jq
+++ b/hack/test/tfvars/aws.jq
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
     "cluster_name": .cluster_name,
     "ccm": true,
+    "talos_version_contract": .talos_version_contract,
     "kubernetes_version": .kubernetes_version,
     "control_plane": {
         "ami_id": .ami_id,