diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 1a1812b..cd65b8d 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ variable "vcpu_count" {
   default     = 2
 }
 
+variable "talos_version" {
+  description = "The version of Talos to use"
+  type        = string
+  default     = "v1.11.1"
+}
+
 # Configure providers
 provider "talos" {}
 
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ data "talos_machine_configuration" "this" {
   cluster_endpoint = "https://10.5.0.2:6443"
   machine_type     = "controlplane"
   machine_secrets  = talos_machine_secrets.this.machine_secrets
-  talos_version    = "v1.11.1"
+  talos_version    = var.talos_version
 }
 
 data "talos_client_configuration" "this" {
@@ -59,8 +65,8 @@ resource "null_resource" "talos_cluster" {
   provisioner "local-exec" {
     command = <<EOT
       mkdir -p _out/
-      curl -L -o _out/vmlinuz-arm64 https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${self.triggers.version}/vmlinuz-arm64
-      curl -L -o _out/initramfs-arm64.xz https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${self.triggers.version}/initramfs-arm64.xz
+      curl -L -o _out/vmlinuz-arm64 https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${var.talos_version}/vmlinuz-arm64
+      curl -L -o _out/initramfs-arm64.xz https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${var.talos_version}/initramfs-arm64.xz
     EOT
   }
 
diff --git a/terraform.tfvars b/terraform.tfvars
index 929e233..09ee74c 100644
--- a/terraform.tfvars
+++ b/terraform.tfvars
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # You can customize these values
 cluster_name = "evolved-npcs-cluster"
 memory_mb    = 2048
-vcpu_count   = 2
\ No newline at end of file
+vcpu_count   = 2
+talos_version = "v1.11.1"
\ No newline at end of file