diff --git a/ansible/k8s/vars/main.yaml b/ansible/k8s/vars/main.yaml
index 1776f5e1949d39d4d40210192ed83b9f723c32f8..7b372a309fa6ecffd68ebb116c8be992c0b1b7f4 100644
--- a/ansible/k8s/vars/main.yaml
+++ b/ansible/k8s/vars/main.yaml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ rke2_disable_kube_proxy: true
 
 # Validate system configuration against the selected benchmark
 # (Supported value is "cis-1.23" or eventually "cis-1.6" if you are running RKE2 prior 1.25)
-rke2_cis_profile: "cis-1.6"
+rke2_cis_profile: "cis-1.23"
 
 # Download Kubernetes config file to the Ansible controller
 rke2_download_kubeconf: false