diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0def1882f..0176fb7016 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.20.11 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/strfmt v0.21.9 // indirect
 	github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.22.3 // indirect
-	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/cadvisor v0.49.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/cel-go v0.17.8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ff69a5fa08..27dc9ff17d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ github.com/go-quicktest/qt v1.101.0/go.mod h1:14Bz/f7NwaXPtdYEgzsx46kqSxVwTbzVZs
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0 h1:sUs3vkvUymDpBKi3qH1YSqBQk9+9D/8M2mN1vB6EwHI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:W848ghGpv3Qj3dhTPRyJypKRiqCdHZiAzKg9hl15HA8=
-github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.3.0 h1:27XbWsHIqhbdR5TIC911OfYvgSaW93HM+dX7970Q7jk=
-github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
+github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 h1:EBsztssimR/CONLSZZ04E8qAkxNYq4Qp9LvH92wZUgs=
+github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0 h1:4KLkAxT3aOY8Li4FRJe/KvhoNFFxo0m6fNuFUO8QJUk=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
diff --git a/hack/aks/Makefile b/hack/aks/Makefile
index 0e9fd740ee..116074ff60 100644
--- a/hack/aks/Makefile
+++ b/hack/aks/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PUBLIC_IP_ID         ?= /subscriptions/$(SUB)/resourceGroups/$(GROUP)/providers/
 PUBLIC_IPv4          ?= $(PUBLIC_IP_ID)/$(IP_PREFIX)-$(CLUSTER)-v4
 PUBLIC_IPv6          ?= $(PUBLIC_IP_ID)/$(IP_PREFIX)-$(CLUSTER)-v6
 KUBE_PROXY_JSON_PATH ?= ./kube-proxy.json
-LTS					 ?= false
+LTS					 ?= true
 
 # overrideable variables
 SUB        ?= $(AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION)