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 057a5a33ab..1f56d26043 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
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest {
 
       Template defaultTemplate = view.getComputeService().templateBuilder().build();
       assert (defaultTemplate.getImage().getProviderId().startsWith("ami-")) : defaultTemplate;
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "pv-2012.03.rc-0");
+      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "pv-2012.03.1");
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("rootDeviceType"), "ebs");
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest {
       Template defaultTemplate = view.getComputeService().templateBuilder().osFamily(OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX)
             .imageMatches(EC2ImagePredicates.rootDeviceType(RootDeviceType.INSTANCE_STORE)).build();
       assert (defaultTemplate.getImage().getProviderId().startsWith("ami-")) : defaultTemplate;
-      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "pv-2012.03.rc-0");
+      assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "pv-2012.03.1");
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.AMZN_LINUX);
       assertEquals(defaultTemplate.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("rootDeviceType"), "instance-store");
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ public class AWSEC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest extends EC2TemplateBuilderLiveTest {
       System.out.println(fastestTemplate.getImage());
       assert (fastestTemplate.getImage().getProviderId().startsWith("ami-")) : fastestTemplate;
       assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getHardware().getProviderId(), InstanceType.CC2_8XLARGE);
-      assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "11.10");
+      assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getVersion(), "12.04");
       assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().is64Bit(), true);
       assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getImage().getOperatingSystem().getFamily(), OsFamily.UBUNTU);
       assertEquals(fastestTemplate.getImage().getUserMetadata().get("rootDeviceType"), "ebs");