diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
index 496d7c0b7c..47cb94c0a8 100644
--- a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class EC2ComputeServiceLiveTest extends BaseComputeServiceLiveTest {
    protected void assertDefaultWorks() {
       Template defaultTemplate = client.templateBuilder().build();
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "0.9.9-beta");
+      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "2010.11.1-beta");
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX);
       assertEquals(getCores(defaultTemplate.getHardware()), 1.0d);
    }
diff --git a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
index 8d6d44e70a..3c592eed75 100644
--- a/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
+++ b/aws/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/ec2/compute/EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends BaseTemplateBuilderLiveTest {
       assertEquals(template.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "10.10");
       assertEquals(template.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), false);
       assertEquals(template.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.UBUNTU);
-      assertEquals(template.getImage().getVersion(), "20101204");
+      assertEquals(template.getImage().getVersion(), "20101215");
       assertEquals(template.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("rootDeviceType"), "instance-store");
       assertEquals(template.getLocation().getId(), "us-east-1");
       assertEquals(getCores(template.getHardware()), 1.0d);