diff --git a/templates/maas/cluster-template.yaml b/templates/maas/cluster-template.yaml
index 71f97036..2abd7d56 100644
--- a/templates/maas/cluster-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/maas/cluster-template.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ spec:
       name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
   replicas: ${CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
+  channel: ${CHANNEL}
 ---
 apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: MaasMachineTemplate
@@ -97,4 +98,5 @@ metadata:
   name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-md-0
 spec:
   template:
-    spec: {}
+    spec:
+      channel: ${CHANNEL}
diff --git a/templates/maas/template-variables.rc b/templates/maas/template-variables.rc
index 9cbaaefc..ee4b04b3 100644
--- a/templates/maas/template-variables.rc
+++ b/templates/maas/template-variables.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Kubernetes cluster configuration
 export KUBERNETES_VERSION=v1.30.2
+export CHANNEL=latest/edge
 export CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT=1
 export WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT=1