diff --git a/hack/util.sh b/hack/util.sh
index 220b98611ce..e1674908d3b 100755
--- a/hack/util.sh
+++ b/hack/util.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ capz::util::get_random_region_edgezone() {
 }
 # all regions below must have sufficient quota to run load tests
 capz::util::get_random_region_load() {
-    local REGIONS=("canadacentral" "francecentral" "northeurope")
+    local REGIONS=("uksouth" "australiaeast")
     echo "${REGIONS[${RANDOM} % ${#REGIONS[@]}]}"
 }
 
diff --git a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load-dra.yaml b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load-dra.yaml
index a079fcf1fc5..7784abe9420 100644
--- a/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load-dra.yaml
+++ b/templates/test/dev/cluster-template-custom-builds-load-dra.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ spec:
           authorization-always-allow-paths: /healthz,/readyz,/livez,/metrics
           bind-address: 0.0.0.0
           feature-gates: DynamicResourceAllocation=true
+          v: "4"
     diskSetup:
       filesystems:
       - device: /dev/disk/azure/scsi1/lun0