diff --git a/lib/addons/core-addon/index.ts b/lib/addons/core-addon/index.ts
index 4a080eb5c..60312ed69 100644
--- a/lib/addons/core-addon/index.ts
+++ b/lib/addons/core-addon/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { KubernetesVersion } from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks";
 import { createServiceAccountWithPolicy, deployBeforeCapacity, logger, userLog,  } from "../../utils";
 import * as sdk from "@aws-sdk/client-eks";
 import { RemovalPolicy } from "aws-cdk-lib";
+import cluster from "cluster";
 
 export class CoreAddOnProps {
     /**
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export class CoreAddOn implements ClusterAddOn {
         let version: string = this.coreAddOnProps.version;
 
         if (this.coreAddOnProps.version === "auto") {
-            version = await this.provideVersion(clusterInfo);
+            version = await this.provideVersion(clusterInfo.version, clusterInfo.cluster.stack.region);
         }
 
         let addOnProps = {
@@ -176,11 +177,11 @@ export class CoreAddOn implements ClusterAddOn {
         return result;
     }
 
-    async provideVersion(clusterInfo: ClusterInfo) : Promise<string> {
-        const client = new sdk.EKSClient({ region: clusterInfo.cluster.stack.region });
+    async provideVersion(clusterVersion: KubernetesVersion, region: string) : Promise<string> {
+        const client = new sdk.EKSClient({ region });
         const command = new sdk.DescribeAddonVersionsCommand({
             addonName: this.coreAddOnProps.addOnName,
-            kubernetesVersion: clusterInfo.version.version
+            kubernetesVersion: clusterVersion.version
         });
 
         try {
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export class CoreAddOn implements ClusterAddOn {
             logger.warn(`Failed to retrieve add-on versions from EKS for add-on ${this.coreAddOnProps.addOnName}.`);
             logger.warn("Possible reasons for failures - Unauthorized or Authentication failure or Network failure on the terminal.");
             logger.warn(" Falling back to default version.");
-            let version: string = this.provideDefaultAutoVersion(clusterInfo.version);
+            let version: string = this.provideDefaultAutoVersion(clusterVersion);
             userLog.debug(`Core add-on ${this.coreAddOnProps.addOnName} has autoselected version ${version}`);
             return version;
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76a2ba630..d5ba2d74e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@aws-quickstart/eks-blueprints",
-    "version": "1.16.1",
+    "version": "1.16.2",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "main": "dist/index.js",
     "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/test/cloudwatch-insights.test.ts b/test/cloudwatch-insights.test.ts
index 0303c7e33..d28405eff 100644
--- a/test/cloudwatch-insights.test.ts
+++ b/test/cloudwatch-insights.test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Unit test for CloudWatch Addon', () => {
     const app = new cdk.App();
     
     const addOn = new blueprints.CloudWatchInsights({});
-    const version = KubernetesVersion.V1_29;
+    const version = KubernetesVersion.V1_30;
     const blueprint = await blueprints.EksBlueprint.builder()
       .version(version)
       .account("123456789012").region('us-east-2')
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ describe('Unit test for CloudWatch Addon', () => {
 
     const template = Template.fromStack(blueprint);
 
+    const inferredVersion = await addOn.provideVersion(version, 'us-west-2');
+
     template.hasResource("AWS::EKS::Addon", {
       Properties: {
-        "AddonVersion": Match.exact(addOn.provideDefaultAutoVersion(version))
+        "AddonVersion": Match.exact(inferredVersion)
       }
     });
   });