diff --git a/test/e2e/data/e2e_eks_conf.yaml b/test/e2e/data/e2e_eks_conf.yaml
index 47b496d78d..44d486f6a5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/e2e_eks_conf.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/e2e_eks_conf.yaml
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ variables:
   AWS_SSH_KEY_NAME: "cluster-api-provider-aws-sigs-k8s-io"
   EXP_EKS_IAM: "false"
   EXP_EKS_ADD_ROLES: "false"
-  VPC_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.16.2-eksbuild.1"
-  COREDNS_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.11.1-eksbuild.6"
+  VPC_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.18.1-eksbuild.3"
+  COREDNS_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.11.1-eksbuild.8"
   COREDNS_ADDON_CONFIGURATION: '{"replicaCount":3}'
-  KUBE_PROXY_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.29.0-eksbuild.2"
-  CONFORMANCE_CI_ARTIFACTS_KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.29.1"
+  KUBE_PROXY_ADDON_VERSION: "v1.30.0-eksbuild.3"
+  CONFORMANCE_CI_ARTIFACTS_KUBERNETES_VERSION: "1.30.2"
   IP_FAMILY: "IPv4"
   CAPA_LOGLEVEL: "4"
   EXP_EXTERNAL_RESOURCE_GC: "true"
diff --git a/test/e2e/data/eks/cluster-template-eks-ipv6-cluster.yaml b/test/e2e/data/eks/cluster-template-eks-ipv6-cluster.yaml
index e2697c0200..ef89483426 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/eks/cluster-template-eks-ipv6-cluster.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/eks/cluster-template-eks-ipv6-cluster.yaml
@@ -54,26 +54,3 @@ spec:
   identityRef:
     kind: AWSClusterStaticIdentity
     name: e2e-account
----
-apiVersion: cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: MachinePool
-metadata:
-  name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-pool-0"
-spec:
-  clusterName: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-  replicas: ${WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT}
-  template:
-    spec:
-      clusterName: "${CLUSTER_NAME}"
-      bootstrap:
-        dataSecretName: ""
-      infrastructureRef:
-        name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-pool-0"
-        apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta2
-        kind: AWSManagedMachinePool
----
-apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta2
-kind: AWSManagedMachinePool
-metadata:
-  name: "${CLUSTER_NAME}-pool-0"
-spec: {}
diff --git a/test/e2e/suites/managed/eks_ipv6_test.go b/test/e2e/suites/managed/eks_ipv6_test.go
index 00b13bc56f..891a34aa34 100644
--- a/test/e2e/suites/managed/eks_ipv6_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/suites/managed/eks_ipv6_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[managed] [general] [ipv6] EKS cluster tests", func() {
 				Namespace:                namespace,
 				ClusterName:              clusterName,
 				Flavour:                  EKSIPv6ClusterFlavor,
-				ControlPlaneMachineCount: 1, //NOTE: this cannot be zero as clusterctl returns an error
+				ControlPlaneMachineCount: 1, // NOTE: this cannot be zero as clusterctl returns an error
 				WorkerMachineCount:       0,
 			}
 		})
@@ -85,8 +85,11 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("[managed] [general] [ipv6] EKS cluster tests", func() {
 				AWSSession:            e2eCtx.BootstrapUserAWSSession,
 				Namespace:             namespace,
 				ClusterName:           clusterName,
+				IncludeScaling:        false,
+				Cleanup:               false,
 				ManagedMachinePool:    true,
-				Flavor:                EKSIPv6ClusterFlavor,
+				Flavor:                EKSManagedMachinePoolOnlyFlavor,
+				UsesLaunchTemplate:    false,
 			}
 		})