diff --git a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/eks.py b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/eks.py
index 25db498ebec46..08f78540e6530 100644
--- a/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/eks.py
+++ b/providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/hooks/eks.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class NodegroupStates(Enum):
             token=${{last_line##*, token: }}  # text after ", token: "
 
             json_string=$(printf '{{"kind": "ExecCredential","apiVersion": \
-                "client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1","spec": {{}},"status": \
+                "{authentication_api_version}","spec": {{}},"status": \
                 {{"expirationTimestamp": "%s","token": "%s"}}}}' "$timestamp" "$token")
             echo $json_string
             """
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ def generate_config_file(
                                     python_executable=python_executable,
                                     eks_cluster_name=eks_cluster_name,
                                     args=args,
+                                    authentication_api_version=AUTHENTICATION_API_VERSION,
                                 ),
                             ],
                             "interactiveMode": "Never",