diff --git a/capz/run-capz-e2e.sh b/capz/run-capz-e2e.sh
index 18cb62c2..dc28d46b 100755
--- a/capz/run-capz-e2e.sh
+++ b/capz/run-capz-e2e.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ main() {
     export KUBERNETES_VERSION="${KUBERNETES_VERSION:-"latest"}"
     export CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT="${AZURE_CONTROL_PLANE_MACHINE_COUNT:-"1"}"
     export WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT="${WINDOWS_WORKER_MACHINE_COUNT:-"2"}"
-    export WINDOWS_SERVER_VERSION="${WINDOWS_SERVER_VERSION:-"windows-2022"}"
+    export WINDOWS_SERVER_VERSION="${WINDOWS_SERVER_VERSION:-"windows-2019"}"
     export WINDOWS_CONTAINERD_URL="${WINDOWS_CONTAINERD_URL:-"https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v1.7.16/containerd-1.7.16-windows-amd64.tar.gz"}"
     export GMSA="${GMSA:-""}" 
     export HYPERV="${HYPERV:-""}"