diff --git a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index 1aebbc681b..afc232ca5a 100644
--- a/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-ec2/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLiveTest {
 
       Template defaultTemplate = context.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build();
       assert (defaultTemplate.getImage().getProviderId().startsWith("ami-")) : defaultTemplate;
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "2010.11.1-beta");
+      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "2011.02.1");
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("rootDeviceType"), "ebs");