diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/ks.yaml
index c95854563..924ba3de1 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/system-upgrade/system-upgrade-controller/ks.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ spec:
     substitute:
       TALOS_SCHEMATIC_ID: 0db147986e938b3f029f7f25aa850df4e6205873ad38ba6470d2ae0d9cff9ae7
       # renovate: depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer datasource=docker
-      TALOS_VERSION: v1.9.0
+      TALOS_VERSION: v1.9.0-beta.1
       # renovate: depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet datasource=docker
       KUBERNETES_VERSION: v1.32.0
diff --git a/talos/talconfig.yaml b/talos/talconfig.yaml
index 1c202762f..470f5c330 100644
--- a/talos/talconfig.yaml
+++ b/talos/talconfig.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ clusterSvcNets:
 endpoint: https://k8s.internal:6443
 
 # renovate: depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer datasource=docker
-talosVersion: v1.9.0
+talosVersion: v1.9.0-beta.1
 # renovate: depName=ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet datasource=docker
 kubernetesVersion: v1.32.0