diff --git a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/daemon.go b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/daemon.go
index 1f965abad..5cb1a229c 100644
--- a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/daemon.go
+++ b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/daemon.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func (k *kubelet) Configure(cfg *api.NodeConfig) error {
 	if err := k.writeKubeconfig(cfg); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := k.writeImageCredentialProviderConfig(); err != nil {
+	if err := k.writeImageCredentialProviderConfig(cfg.Status.KubeletVersion); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := writeClusterCaCert(cfg.Spec.Cluster.CertificateAuthority); err != nil {
diff --git a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
index ea14f63b6..5ed10a256 100644
--- a/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
+++ b/nodeadm/internal/kubelet/image-credential-provider.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
+
 	"github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami/nodeadm/internal/util"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 
 var imageCredentialProviderConfigPath = path.Join(imageCredentialProviderRoot, imageCredentialProviderConfig)
 
-func (k *kubelet) writeImageCredentialProviderConfig() error {
+func (k *kubelet) writeImageCredentialProviderConfig(kubeletVersion string) error {
 	// fallback default for image credential provider binary if not overridden
 	ecrCredentialProviderBinPath := path.Join(imageCredentialProviderRoot, "ecr-credential-provider")
 	if binPath, set := os.LookupEnv(ecrCredentialProviderBinPathEnvironmentName); set {
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ func (k *kubelet) writeImageCredentialProviderConfig() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	config, err := generateImageCredentialProviderConfig(ecrCredentialProviderBinPath)
+	config, err := generateImageCredentialProviderConfig(kubeletVersion, ecrCredentialProviderBinPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -52,25 +54,34 @@ func (k *kubelet) writeImageCredentialProviderConfig() error {
 	return util.WriteFileWithDir(imageCredentialProviderConfigPath, config, imageCredentialProviderPerm)
 }
 
-func generateImageCredentialProviderConfig(ecrCredentialProviderBinPath string) ([]byte, error) {
+func generateImageCredentialProviderConfig(kubeletVersion, ecrCredentialProviderBinPath string) ([]byte, error) {
+	ecrMatchImages := []string{
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com",
+		"*.dkr-ecr.*.on.aws",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com.cn",
+		"*.dkr-ecr.*.on.amazonwebservices.com.cn",
+		"*.dkr.ecr-fips.*.amazonaws.com",
+		"*.dkr-ecr-fips.*.on.aws",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.c2s.ic.gov",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.sc2s.sgov.gov",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.cloud.adc-e.uk",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.csp.hci.ic.gov",
+		"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.eu",
+		"public.ecr.aws",
+	}
+	if semver.Compare(kubeletVersion, "v1.32.0") >= 0 {
+		// currently only v1.32.0+ of ecr-credential-provider supports this
+		// https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws/pull/1332
+		// it is safe to add for all versions since kubelet tries all providers
+		// and falls back to unauthenticated on failure, but matching it
+		// when it is known not to work adds unnecessary latency (albeit slight)
+		ecrMatchImages = append(ecrMatchImages, "ecr-public.aws.com")
+	}
 	cfg := configv1.CredentialProviderConfig{
 		Providers: []configv1.CredentialProvider{
 			{
-				Name: filepath.Base(ecrCredentialProviderBinPath),
-				MatchImages: []string{
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com",
-					"*.dkr-ecr.*.on.aws",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com.cn",
-					"*.dkr-ecr.*.on.amazonwebservices.com.cn",
-					"*.dkr.ecr-fips.*.amazonaws.com",
-					"*.dkr-ecr-fips.*.on.aws",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.c2s.ic.gov",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.sc2s.sgov.gov",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.cloud.adc-e.uk",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.csp.hci.ic.gov",
-					"*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.eu",
-					"public.ecr.aws",
-				},
+				Name:                 filepath.Base(ecrCredentialProviderBinPath),
+				MatchImages:          ecrMatchImages,
 				APIVersion:           "credentialprovider.kubelet.k8s.io/v1",
 				DefaultCacheDuration: &metav1.Duration{Duration: 12 * time.Hour},
 			},
diff --git a/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config-1.31.json b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config-1.31.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4cab31e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config-1.31.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "apiVersion": "kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1",
+  "kind": "CredentialProviderConfig",
+  "providers": [
+    {
+      "name": "ecr-credential-provider",
+      "matchImages": [
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com",
+        "*.dkr-ecr.*.on.aws",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.com.cn",
+        "*.dkr-ecr.*.on.amazonwebservices.com.cn",
+        "*.dkr.ecr-fips.*.amazonaws.com",
+        "*.dkr-ecr-fips.*.on.aws",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.c2s.ic.gov",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.sc2s.sgov.gov",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.cloud.adc-e.uk",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.csp.hci.ic.gov",
+        "*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.eu",
+        "public.ecr.aws"
+      ],
+      "defaultCacheDuration": "12h0m0s",
+      "apiVersion": "credentialprovider.kubelet.k8s.io/v1"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config.json b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config.json
index a4cab31e4..8fac6a9c3 100644
--- a/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config.json
+++ b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/expected-image-credential-provider-config.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
         "*.dkr.ecr.*.cloud.adc-e.uk",
         "*.dkr.ecr.*.csp.hci.ic.gov",
         "*.dkr.ecr.*.amazonaws.eu",
-        "public.ecr.aws"
+        "public.ecr.aws",
+        "ecr-public.aws.com"
       ],
       "defaultCacheDuration": "12h0m0s",
       "apiVersion": "credentialprovider.kubelet.k8s.io/v1"
diff --git a/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/run.sh b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/run.sh
index 2b77dbb26..86cf4cfe4 100755
--- a/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/run.sh
+++ b/nodeadm/test/e2e/cases/image-credential-provider/run.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ source /helpers.sh
 mock::aws
 wait::dbus-ready
 
-mock::kubelet 1.32.0
+mock::kubelet 1.31.0
+
+nodeadm init --skip run --config-source file://config.yaml
+
+assert::json-files-equal /etc/eks/image-credential-provider/config.json expected-image-credential-provider-config-1.31.json
+
+mock::kubelet 1.36.0
 
 nodeadm init --skip run --config-source file://config.yaml