diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5eef606..7e6c541 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -51,17 +51,20 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup cluster
         working-directory: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
-            GKE_K8S_VERSION=$(echo ${{ vars.NSM_KUBERNETES_VERSION }} | cut -c 2-)
+            GKE_K8S_VERSION=$(echo ${{ vars.NSM_KUBERNETES_VERSION }} | cut -d '.' -f 1,2 | cut -c 2-)
+            echo $GKE_K8S_VERSION
 
             gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
             gcloud components update
 
+            gcloud components list
+
             gcloud container clusters create "${GKE_CLUSTER_NAME}" \
               --project="${GKE_PROJECT_ID}" \
               --machine-type="${GKE_CLUSTER_TYPE}" \
               --num-nodes="${GKE_CLUSTER_NUM_NODES}" \
               --zone="${GKE_CLUSTER_ZONE}" \
-              --cluster-version="${GKE_K8S_VERSION}" \
+              --cluster-version="$GKE_K8S_VERSION" \
               --enable-gvnic -q
 
             echo "Writing config to ${KUBECONFIG}"