diff --git a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
index 0f02d77d7f8..2c6a1bb0da9 100644
--- a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ steps:
 
   - script: |
       echo "install cilium CLI"
-      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{2} ]]; then
+      if [[ ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG} =~ ^1.1[1-3].[0-9]{1,2} ]]; then
         echo "Cilium Agent Version ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}"
         CILIUM_CLI_VERSION=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cilium/cilium-cli/main/stable-v0.14.txt)
       else