diff --git a/pkg/eks/assets/data/__tests__/eks-versions.tests.ts b/pkg/eks/assets/data/__tests__/eks-versions.tests.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c5f96b4e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/eks/assets/data/__tests__/eks-versions.tests.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import eksVersions from '../eks-versions';
+
+const EKS_VERSION_REGEX = /^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/;
+
+describe('eks versions', () => {
+  it('should be valid version numbers', () => {
+    eksVersions.forEach((version) => {
+      const m = version.match(EKS_VERSION_REGEX);
+
+      expect(m).toBeDefined();
+      expect(m).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(m?.length).toBe(1);
+      expect(m?.[0]).toBe(version);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/pkg/eks/assets/data/eks-versions.js b/pkg/eks/assets/data/eks-versions.js
index 8642b3054ae..fdd2a6e15f4 100644
--- a/pkg/eks/assets/data/eks-versions.js
+++ b/pkg/eks/assets/data/eks-versions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export default ['[1.29',
+export default ['1.29',
 
   '1.28',