diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b4b751..f45379e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module "terraform-aws-xlt-loadtest" {
 | <a name="input_allowed_networks"></a> [allowed\_networks](#input\_allowed\_networks) | The allowed networks IP/32 | `list(string)` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_name"></a> [name](#input\_name) | The name used for further interpolation | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_password"></a> [password](#input\_password) | The password to use | `string` | n/a | yes |
-| <a name="input_ami"></a> [ami](#input\_ami) | The AMI used for the agents | `string` | `"ami-02d63d6d135e3f0f0"` | no |
+| <a name="input_ami"></a> [ami](#input\_ami) | The AMI used for the agents | `string` | `"ami-0b701f8f19be222c6"` | no |
 | <a name="input_grafana_ami"></a> [grafana\_ami](#input\_grafana\_ami) | The grafana ami (required if grafana\_enabled is set to true) | `string` | `"ami-0fc36223101444802"` | no |
 | <a name="input_grafana_enabled"></a> [grafana\_enabled](#input\_grafana\_enabled) | Do we create a custom Grafana instance | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_instance_count"></a> [instance\_count](#input\_instance\_count) | The amount of instances to start | `string` | `2` | no |
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 835229c..273cc85 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ variable "instance_type" {
 
 variable "ami" {
   description = "The AMI used for the agents"
-  default     = "ami-02d63d6d135e3f0f0" # ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-bionic-18.04-amd64-server-20220901
+  default     = "ami-0b701f8f19be222c6" # list of recent XLT AMIs https://github.com/Xceptance/XLT/releases
   type        = string
 }