diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
index a02628cd2e..6c4eecbf06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_aws_integration.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on:
 env:
   AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: "us-west-2"
   NEBARI_IMAGE_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.image-tag || 'main' }}
-  TF_LOG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tf-log-level || 'info' }}∏
+  TF_LOG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tf-log-level || 'info' }}
 
 jobs:
   test-aws-integration:
diff --git a/src/_nebari/constants.py b/src/_nebari/constants.py
index 0edbf65d04..3e4e186eb5 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/constants.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/constants.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # 04-kubernetes-ingress
 DEFAULT_TRAEFIK_IMAGE_TAG = "2.9.1"
 
-HIGHEST_SUPPORTED_K8S_VERSION = ("1", "29", "2")
+HIGHEST_SUPPORTED_K8S_VERSION = ("1", "31")  # specify Major and Minor version
 DEFAULT_GKE_RELEASE_CHANNEL = "UNSPECIFIED"
 
 DEFAULT_NEBARI_DASK_VERSION = CURRENT_RELEASE
@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@
     "kubernetes": {
         "_name": "kubernetes",
         "source": "hashicorp/kubernetes",
-        "version": ">= 2.20.0",
+        "version": ">= 2.35.1",
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/_nebari/provider/cloud/commons.py b/src/_nebari/provider/cloud/commons.py
index 566b2029a4..d2bed87c48 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/provider/cloud/commons.py
+++ b/src/_nebari/provider/cloud/commons.py
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 def filter_by_highest_supported_k8s_version(k8s_versions_list):
     filtered_k8s_versions_list = []
     for k8s_version in k8s_versions_list:
-        version = tuple(
-            filter(None, re.search(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:\.(\d+))?", k8s_version).groups())
-        )
+        version = tuple(filter(None, re.search(r"(\d+)\.(\d+)", k8s_version).groups()))
         if version <= HIGHEST_SUPPORTED_K8S_VERSION:
             filtered_k8s_versions_list.append(k8s_version)
     return filtered_k8s_versions_list
diff --git a/src/_nebari/stages/infrastructure/template/aws/modules/kubernetes/main.tf b/src/_nebari/stages/infrastructure/template/aws/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
index 1f3e688e68..2537b12dad 100644
--- a/src/_nebari/stages/infrastructure/template/aws/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
+++ b/src/_nebari/stages/infrastructure/template/aws/modules/kubernetes/main.tf
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ resource "aws_eks_addon" "aws-ebs-csi-driver" {
         "eks.amazonaws.com/nodegroup" = "general"
       }
     }
+    defaultStorageClass = {
+      enabled = true
+    }
   })
 
   # Ensure cluster and node groups are created