diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-azureaks/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-azureaks/component.js
index a7da6944f..c8ec9c842 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-azureaks/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-azureaks/component.js
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ import Component from '@ember/component'
 import {
   computed, get, set, setProperties, observer
 } from '@ember/object';
+import { alias } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import layout from './template';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import { hash } from 'rsvp';
 import { on } from '@ember/object/evented';
 import ipaddr from 'ipaddr.js';
 import { equal } from '@ember/object/computed'
+import C from 'shared/utils/constants';
+import Semver  from 'semver';
 
 import {
   sizes,
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ const NETWORK_PLUGINS = [
 export default Component.extend(ClusterDriver, {
   globalStore:  service(),
   intl:         service(),
+  settings:     service(),
   layout,
   configField:  'azureKubernetesServiceConfig',
 
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ export default Component.extend(ClusterDriver, {
   netMode:                'default',
   monitoringRegionConent: [],
   networkPlugins:         NETWORK_PLUGINS,
+  defaultK8sVersionRange: alias(`settings.${ C.SETTING.VERSION_SYSTEM_K8S_DEFAULT_RANGE }`),
 
   editing:       equal('mode', 'edit'),
   isNew:         equal('mode', 'new'),
@@ -115,6 +120,12 @@ export default Component.extend(ClusterDriver, {
 
       return hash(aksRequest).then((resp) => {
         const { versions, virtualNetworks } = resp;
+        const versionz                      = (get(versions, 'body') || []);
+        const initialVersion                = Semver.maxSatisfying(versionz, this.defaultK8sVersionRange);
+
+        if (initialVersion) {
+          set(this, 'cluster.azureKubernetesServiceConfig.kubernetesVersion', initialVersion);
+        }
 
         setProperties(this, {
           step:            2,