diff --git a/defaults.yml b/defaults.yml
index 9ace1237..9fd46cdc 100644
--- a/defaults.yml
+++ b/defaults.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ azure_tenant_id: ""
 azure_subscription_id: ""
 aks_version: "1.30"
 
-rancher_version: "2.9.3"
-rancher_k3s_version: "1.30.6+k3s1"
-rancher_k8s_version: "1.30.6+rke2r1"
+rancher_version: "2.10.1"
+rancher_k3s_version: "1.30.8+k3s1"
+rancher_k8s_version: "1.30.8+rke2r1"
 
 vsphere_host: ""
 vsphere_compute_resource: ""
diff --git a/scripts/clusterpair-dr b/scripts/clusterpair-dr
index 40d82c8c..53f657ee 100644
--- a/scripts/clusterpair-dr
+++ b/scripts/clusterpair-dr
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ if [ "$platform" = eks ] || [ "$platform" = ocp4 ]; then
     [ "$host" ] && break
     sleep 1
   done
+elif [ "$platform" = rancher ]; then
+  host=$(kubectl get nodes -l node-role.kubernetes.io/worker=true -o json |jq -r '.items[0].status.addresses[] | select(.type=="InternalIP") | .address')
 else
   host=node-$cluster-1
 fi
diff --git a/terraform/aws/main.tf b/terraform/aws/main.tf
index 2fa945d9..a42eecad 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/main.tf
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ terraform {
     }
     rancher2 = {
       source  = "rancher/rancher2"
-      version = "5.1.0"
+      version = "6.0.0"
     }
 	random = {
 		source ="hashicorp/random"
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ terraform {
       source  = "loafoe/ssh"
       version = "2.7.0"
     }
+    time = {
+	  source = "hashicorp/time"		
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/terraform/aws/rancher/rancher-server.tf b/terraform/aws/rancher/rancher-server.tf
index 0d1f058d..4d014b8c 100644
--- a/terraform/aws/rancher/rancher-server.tf
+++ b/terraform/aws/rancher/rancher-server.tf
@@ -257,14 +257,20 @@ resource "rancher2_cloud_credential" "aws" {
   }
 }
 
+resource "time_sleep" "wait_30_seconds" {
+  depends_on = [rancher2_cloud_credential.aws]
+  create_duration = "30s"
+}
+
 resource "rancher2_machine_config_v2" "node" {
   for_each = var.rancherclusters
   depends_on = [
     helm_release.rancher_server,
-    rancher2_cloud_credential.aws
+    rancher2_cloud_credential.aws,
+    time_sleep.wait_30_seconds
   ]
   provider = rancher2.admin
-  generate_name = format("node-templ-%s",each.key)
+  generate_name = format("templ-%s",each.key)
   amazonec2_config {
     ami =  data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
     root_size = "50"