diff --git a/hack/util.sh b/hack/util.sh
index 94659df4af2..cff56f4839f 100755
--- a/hack/util.sh
+++ b/hack/util.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ capz::util::should_build_ccm() {
 
 # all test regions must support AvailabilityZones
 capz::util::get_random_region() {
-    local REGIONS=("canadacentral" "eastus" "eastus2" "northeurope" "uksouth" "westus2" "westus3")
+    local REGIONS=("canadacentral" "eastus" "eastus2" "northeurope" "uksouth" "westeurope" "westus2" "westus3")
     echo "${REGIONS[${RANDOM} % ${#REGIONS[@]}]}"
 }
 # all regions below must have GPU availability for the chosen GPU VM SKU
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-aso.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-aso.yaml
index 5eb38cbaf6d..cfea8653ed4 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-aso.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-aso.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ spec:
         name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
       servicePrincipalProfile:
         clientId: msi
+      sku:
+        name: Base
+        tier: Standard
       tags:
         buildProvenance: ${BUILD_PROVENANCE}
         creationTimestamp: ${TIMESTAMP}
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-clusterclass.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-clusterclass.yaml
index 5117012f5a5..9af70bbb22c 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-clusterclass.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks-clusterclass.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ spec:
         kind: AzureClusterIdentity
         name: ${CLUSTER_IDENTITY_NAME}
       location: ${AZURE_LOCATION}
+      sku:
+        tier: Standard
       subscriptionID: ${AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID}
       version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 ---
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks.yaml b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks.yaml
index c9b700db35b..dd13932e202 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/cluster-template-prow-aks.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ spec:
   oidcIssuerProfile:
     enabled: true
   resourceGroupName: ${AZURE_RESOURCE_GROUP:=${CLUSTER_NAME}}
+  sku:
+    tier: Standard
   sshPublicKey: ${AZURE_SSH_PUBLIC_KEY_B64:=""}
   subscriptionID: ${AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID}
   version: ${KUBERNETES_VERSION}
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-aso/kustomization.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-aso/kustomization.yaml
index acf028ba22e..d346dbc49c2 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-aso/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-aso/kustomization.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ patches:
           jobName: ${JOB_NAME}
           creationTimestamp: ${TIMESTAMP}
           buildProvenance: ${BUILD_PROVENANCE}
+      - op: replace
+        path: /spec/resources/0/spec/sku
+        value:
+          name: Base
+          tier: Standard
     target:
       kind: AzureASOManagedControlPlane
   - patch: |-
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/kustomization.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/kustomization.yaml
index 6a5911e30a9..ded8ec8e6fa 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
   - patches/addons.yaml
   - patches/kubeadm-config-template.yaml
   - patches.yaml
+  - patches/sku.yaml
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/patches/sku.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/patches/sku.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7518400e9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks-clusterclass/patches/sku.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: AzureManagedControlPlaneTemplate
+metadata:
+  name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}-control-plane
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  template:
+    spec:
+      sku:
+        tier: Standard
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/kustomization.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/kustomization.yaml
index d9371b9f65c..e8416937120 100644
--- a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
   - ../patches/tags-aks.yaml
   - patches/aks-pool0.yaml
   - patches/aks-pool1.yaml
-  - patches/addons.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+  - patches/addons.yaml
+  - patches/sku.yaml
diff --git a/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/patches/sku.yaml b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/patches/sku.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d37e9242ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/test/ci/prow-aks/patches/sku.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+apiVersion: infrastructure.cluster.x-k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: AzureManagedControlPlane
+metadata:
+  name: ${CLUSTER_NAME}
+  namespace: default
+spec:
+  sku:
+    tier: Standard