diff --git a/nodeup/pkg/model/kubelet.go b/nodeup/pkg/model/kubelet.go
index 81e744141d..afa6d75103 100644
--- a/nodeup/pkg/model/kubelet.go
+++ b/nodeup/pkg/model/kubelet.go
@@ -674,6 +674,6 @@ func (b *KubeletBuilder) kubeletNames() ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error describing instances: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	useInstanceIDForNodeName := b.Cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && b.IsKubernetesGTE("1.23")
+	useInstanceIDForNodeName := b.Cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && b.IsKubernetesGTE("1.22")
 	return awsup.GetInstanceCertificateNames(result, useInstanceIDForNodeName)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/apis/nodeup/config.go b/pkg/apis/nodeup/config.go
index 466491c0bb..dc06417f10 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/nodeup/config.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/nodeup/config.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func NewConfig(cluster *kops.Cluster, instanceGroup *kops.InstanceGroup) (*Confi
 		config.DefaultMachineType = fi.String(strings.Split(instanceGroup.Spec.MachineType, ",")[0])
 	}
 
-	if cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && cluster.IsKubernetesGTE("1.23") && cluster.Spec.CloudProvider == string(kops.CloudProviderAWS) {
+	if cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && cluster.IsKubernetesGTE("1.22") && cluster.Spec.CloudProvider == string(kops.CloudProviderAWS) {
 		config.UseInstanceIDForNodeName = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
index f48f829b45..e4d43aa467 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/template_functions.go
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ func (tf *TemplateFunctions) KopsControllerConfig() (string, error) {
 				Region:     tf.Region,
 			}
 
-			if cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && cluster.IsKubernetesGTE("1.23") {
+			if cluster.Spec.ExternalCloudControllerManager != nil && cluster.IsKubernetesGTE("1.22") {
 				config.Server.UseInstanceIDForNodeName = true
 			}