diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
index 6701246c9b892..ad531945ba3c1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/README.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ This example defines an Amazon EKS cluster with the following configuration:
 ```ts
 // provisiong a cluster
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'hello-eks', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 
 // apply a kubernetes manifest to the cluster
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Creating a new cluster is done using the `Cluster` or `FargateCluster` construct
 
 ```ts
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ You can also use `FargateCluster` to provision a cluster that uses only fargate
 
 ```ts
 new eks.FargateCluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ At cluster instantiation time, you can customize the number of instances and the
 
 ```ts
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   defaultCapacity: 5,
   defaultCapacityInstance: ec2.InstanceType.of(ec2.InstanceClass.M5, ec2.InstanceSize.SMALL),
 });
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ Additional customizations are available post instantiation. To apply them, set t
 
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   defaultCapacity: 0,
 });
 
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ The following code defines an Amazon EKS cluster with a default Fargate Profile
 
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.FargateCluster(this, 'MyCluster', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ You can also configure the cluster to use an auto-scaling group as the default c
 
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   defaultCapacityType: eks.DefaultCapacityType.EC2,
 });
 ```
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ You can configure the [cluster endpoint access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/
 
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'hello-eks', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   endpointAccess: eks.EndpointAccess.PRIVATE, // No access outside of your VPC.
 });
 ```
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ To deploy the controller on your EKS cluster, configure the `albController` prop
 
 ```ts
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   albController: {
     version: eks.AlbControllerVersion.V2_4_1,
   },
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ You can specify the VPC of the cluster using the `vpc` and `vpcSubnets` properti
 declare const vpc: ec2.Vpc;
 
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   vpc,
   vpcSubnets: [{ subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE }],
 });
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ You can configure the environment of the Cluster Handler functions by specifying
 ```ts
 declare const proxyInstanceSecurityGroup: ec2.SecurityGroup;
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'hello-eks', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   clusterHandlerEnvironment: {
     https_proxy: 'http://proxy.myproxy.com',
   },
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ You can configure the environment of this function by specifying it at cluster i
 
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'hello-eks', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   kubectlEnvironment: {
     'http_proxy': 'http://proxy.myproxy.com',
   },
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ const cluster1 = new eks.Cluster(this, 'MyCluster', {
   kubectlLayer: layer,
   vpc,
   clusterName: 'cluster-name',
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 
 // or
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ By default, the kubectl provider is configured with 1024MiB of memory. You can u
 ```ts
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'MyCluster', {
   kubectlMemory: Size.gibibytes(4),
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 
 // or
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ When you create a cluster, you can specify a `mastersRole`. The `Cluster` constr
 ```ts
 declare const role: iam.Role;
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'HelloEKS', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   mastersRole: role,
 });
 ```
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ You can use the `secretsEncryptionKey` to configure which key the cluster will u
 const secretsKey = new kms.Key(this, 'SecretsKey');
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'MyCluster', {
   secretsEncryptionKey: secretsKey,
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ You can also use a similar configuration for running a cluster built using the F
 const secretsKey = new kms.Key(this, 'SecretsKey');
 const cluster = new eks.FargateCluster(this, 'MyFargateCluster', {
   secretsEncryptionKey: secretsKey,
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
 });
 ```
 
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ when a cluster is defined:
 
 ```ts
 new eks.Cluster(this, 'MyCluster', {
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   prune: false,
 });
 ```
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ property. For example:
 ```ts
 const cluster = new eks.Cluster(this, 'Cluster', {
   // ...
-  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+  version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
   clusterLogging: [
     eks.ClusterLoggingTypes.API,
     eks.ClusterLoggingTypes.AUTHENTICATOR,
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
index 8e7da5b18430a..b73616179b9bd 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/lib/cluster.ts
@@ -796,7 +796,6 @@ export class KubernetesVersion {
 
   /**
    * Kubernetes version 1.18
-   * @deprecated Use newer version of EKS
    */
   public static readonly V1_18 = KubernetesVersion.of('1.18');
 
@@ -815,11 +814,6 @@ export class KubernetesVersion {
    */
   public static readonly V1_21 = KubernetesVersion.of('1.21');
 
-  /**
-   * Kubernetes version 1.22
-   */
-  public static readonly V1_22 = KubernetesVersion.of('1.22');
-
   /**
    * Custom cluster version
    * @param version custom version number
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
index 6a26898a67eaa..e2887ad82b5e4 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/cluster.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { testFixture, testFixtureNoVpc } from './util';
 
 /* eslint-disable max-len */
 
-const CLUSTER_VERSION = eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22;
+const CLUSTER_VERSION = eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21;
 
 describe('cluster', () => {
 
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
     test('throws if selecting more than one subnet group', () => {
       expect(() => new eks.Cluster(stack, 'Cluster', {
         vpc: vpc,
-        vpcSubnets: [{ subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC }, { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_NAT }],
+        vpcSubnets: [{ subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC }, { subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE }],
         defaultCapacity: 0,
-        version: CLUSTER_VERSION,
+        version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
       })).toThrow(/cannot select multiple subnet groups/);
 
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
         vpc: vpc,
         vpcSubnets: [{ subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PUBLIC }],
         defaultCapacity: 0,
-        version: CLUSTER_VERSION,
+        version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
       });
 
       // THEN
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
     Template.fromStack(stack).hasResourceProperties('Custom::AWSCDK-EKS-Cluster', {
       Config: {
         roleArn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['ClusterRoleFA261979', 'Arn'] },
-        version: '1.22',
+        version: '1.21',
         resourcesVpcConfig: {
           securityGroupIds: [{ 'Fn::GetAtt': ['ClusterControlPlaneSecurityGroupD274242C', 'GroupId'] }],
           subnetIds: [
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
       const { app, stack } = testFixtureNoVpc();
 
       // WHEN
-      new eks.EksOptimizedImage({ kubernetesVersion: '1.22' }).getImage(stack);
+      new eks.EksOptimizedImage({ kubernetesVersion: '1.21' }).getImage(stack);
 
       // THEN
       const assembly = app.synth();
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
       )).toEqual(true);
       expect(Object.entries(parameters).some(
         ([k, v]) => k.startsWith('SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami') &&
-          (v as any).Default.includes('/1.22/'),
+          (v as any).Default.includes('/1.21/'),
       )).toEqual(true);
 
     });
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
       const { app, stack } = testFixtureNoVpc();
 
       // WHEN
-      new BottleRocketImage({ kubernetesVersion: '1.22' }).getImage(stack);
+      new BottleRocketImage({ kubernetesVersion: '1.21' }).getImage(stack);
 
       // THEN
       const assembly = app.synth();
@@ -1817,7 +1817,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
       )).toEqual(true);
       expect(Object.entries(parameters).some(
         ([k, v]) => k.startsWith('SsmParameterValueawsservicebottlerocketaws') &&
-          (v as any).Default.includes('/aws-k8s-1.22/'),
+          (v as any).Default.includes('/aws-k8s-1.21/'),
       )).toEqual(true);
 
     });
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
         Config: {
           name: 'my-cluster-name',
           roleArn: { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['MyClusterRoleBA20FE72', 'Arn'] },
-          version: '1.22',
+          version: '1.21',
           resourcesVpcConfig: {
             securityGroupIds: [
               { 'Fn::GetAtt': ['MyClusterControlPlaneSecurityGroup6B658F79', 'GroupId'] },
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
         natGateways: 1,
         subnetConfiguration: [
           {
-            subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_NAT,
+            subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE,
             name: 'Private1',
           },
           {
@@ -2848,7 +2848,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
 
       for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
         subnetConfiguration.push({
-          subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_NAT,
+          subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE,
           name: `Private${i}`,
         },
         );
@@ -2897,7 +2897,7 @@ describe('cluster', () => {
 
       for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
         subnetConfiguration.push({
-          subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE_WITH_NAT,
+          subnetType: ec2.SubnetType.PRIVATE,
           name: `Private${i}`,
         },
         );
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
index 16d8711f86f01..a4f411b00175b 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.expected.json
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@
           ]
         },
         "Config": {
-          "version": "1.22",
+          "version": "1.21",
           "roleArn": {
             "Fn::GetAtt": [
               "ClusterRoleFA261979",
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
       "Properties": {
         "ImageId": {
-          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
         },
         "InstanceType": "t2.medium",
         "IamInstanceProfile": {
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
       "Properties": {
         "ImageId": {
-          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2arm64recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2arm64recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
         },
         "InstanceType": "m6g.medium",
         "IamInstanceProfile": {
@@ -2215,7 +2215,7 @@
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
       "Properties": {
         "ImageId": {
-          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsservicebottlerocketawsk8s122x8664latestimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsservicebottlerocketawsk8s121x8664latestimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
         },
         "InstanceType": "t3.small",
         "IamInstanceProfile": {
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::LaunchConfiguration",
       "Properties": {
         "ImageId": {
-          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+          "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
         },
         "InstanceType": "t3.large",
         "IamInstanceProfile": {
@@ -3526,7 +3526,7 @@
       "Properties": {
         "LaunchTemplateData": {
           "ImageId": {
-            "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
+            "Ref": "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter"
           },
           "InstanceType": "t3.small",
           "UserData": {
@@ -3971,17 +3971,17 @@
       "Type": "String",
       "Description": "Artifact hash for asset \"4e9b35054b4d4d206c33c65400dcfae51f6dc1804d2cfd6d80b1eda0e598129c\""
     },
-    "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
+    "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
       "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
-      "Default": "/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/1.22/amazon-linux-2/recommended/image_id"
+      "Default": "/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/1.21/amazon-linux-2/recommended/image_id"
     },
-    "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami122amazonlinux2arm64recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
+    "SsmParameterValueawsserviceeksoptimizedami121amazonlinux2arm64recommendedimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
       "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
-      "Default": "/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/1.22/amazon-linux-2-arm64/recommended/image_id"
+      "Default": "/aws/service/eks/optimized-ami/1.21/amazon-linux-2-arm64/recommended/image_id"
     },
-    "SsmParameterValueawsservicebottlerocketawsk8s122x8664latestimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
+    "SsmParameterValueawsservicebottlerocketawsk8s121x8664latestimageidC96584B6F00A464EAD1953AFF4B05118Parameter": {
       "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
-      "Default": "/aws/service/bottlerocket/aws-k8s-1.22/x86_64/latest/image_id"
+      "Default": "/aws/service/bottlerocket/aws-k8s-1.21/x86_64/latest/image_id"
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
index 0c48bdb689d0a..f6892713bb0a1 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-eks/test/integ.eks-cluster.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class EksClusterStack extends Stack {
       vpc: this.vpc,
       mastersRole,
       defaultCapacity: 2,
-      version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22,
+      version: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21,
       secretsEncryptionKey,
       tags: {
         foo: 'bar',
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class EksClusterStack extends Stack {
     const lt = new ec2.CfnLaunchTemplate(this, 'LaunchTemplate', {
       launchTemplateData: {
         imageId: new eks.EksOptimizedImage({
-          kubernetesVersion: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_22.version,
+          kubernetesVersion: eks.KubernetesVersion.V1_21.version,
         }).getImage(this).imageId,
         instanceType: new ec2.InstanceType('t3.small').toString(),
         userData: Fn.base64(userData.render()),