diff --git a/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts b/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
index c3518fea1..65f10b1de 100644
--- a/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
+++ b/examples/blueprint-construct/index.ts
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export default class BlueprintConstruct {
 
 export function getClusterProvider(managedNodeGroups: ManagedNodeGroup[]){
     return new blueprints.GenericClusterProvider({
-        version: KubernetesVersion.V1_29,
+        version: KubernetesVersion.V1_30,
         tags: {
             "Name": "blueprints-example-cluster",
             "Type": "generic-cluster"
diff --git a/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts b/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
index 29b64045c..204b73ca3 100644
--- a/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
+++ b/lib/cluster-providers/generic-cluster-provider.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 
-import { KubectlV23Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v23";
-import { KubectlV24Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v24";
 import { KubectlV25Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v25";
 import { KubectlV26Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v26";
 import { KubectlV27Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v27";
 import { KubectlV28Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v28";
 import { KubectlV29Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v29";
 import { KubectlV30Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v30";
+import { KubectlV31Layer } from "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v31";
 
 import { Tags } from "aws-cdk-lib";
 import * as autoscaling from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-autoscaling';
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ export function clusterBuilder() {
  */
 export function selectKubectlLayer(scope: Construct, version: eks.KubernetesVersion): ILayerVersion | undefined {
     switch(version.version) {
-        case "1.23":
-            return new KubectlV23Layer(scope, "kubectllayer23");
-        case "1.24":
-            return new KubectlV24Layer(scope, "kubectllayer24");
         case "1.25":
             return new KubectlV25Layer(scope, "kubectllayer25");
         case "1.26":
@@ -50,13 +45,15 @@ export function selectKubectlLayer(scope: Construct, version: eks.KubernetesVers
             return new KubectlV29Layer(scope, "kubectllayer29");
         case "1.30":
             return new KubectlV30Layer(scope, "kubectllayer30");
+        case "1.31":
+            return new KubectlV31Layer(scope, "kubectllayer30");
 
     }
 
     const minor = version.version.split('.')[1];
 
-    if(minor && parseInt(minor, 10) > 30) {
-        return new KubectlV30Layer(scope, "kubectllayer30"); // for all versions above 1.30 use 1.30 kubectl (unless explicitly supported in CDK)
+    if(minor && parseInt(minor, 10) > 31) {
+        return new KubectlV30Layer(scope, "kubectllayer31"); // for all versions above 1.30 use 1.30 kubectl (unless explicitly supported in CDK)
     }
     return undefined;
 }
diff --git a/lib/stacks/eks-blueprint-construct.ts b/lib/stacks/eks-blueprint-construct.ts
index 3f6c08dab..3f9ad27f5 100644
--- a/lib/stacks/eks-blueprint-construct.ts
+++ b/lib/stacks/eks-blueprint-construct.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { ArgoGitOpsFactory } from "../addons/argocd/argo-gitops-factory";
 
 import * as eks from "aws-cdk-lib/aws-eks";
 /* Default K8s version of EKS Blueprints */
-export const DEFAULT_VERSION = KubernetesVersion.V1_29;
+export const DEFAULT_VERSION = KubernetesVersion.V1_30;
 
 /**
  *  Exporting control plane log type so that customers don't have to import CDK EKS module for blueprint configuration.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb3091452..1ffb878f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
         "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v28": "^2.2.0",
         "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v29": "^2.1.0",
         "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v30": "^2.0.0",
+        "@aws-cdk/lambda-layer-kubectl-v31": "^2.0.0",
         "@aws-sdk/client-eks": "^3.529.1",
         "@aws-sdk/client-secrets-manager": "^3.529.1",
         "@types/assert": "^1.5.10",