diff --git a/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/operators/airbyte.py b/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/operators/airbyte.py
index 757de75352876..dd494e855aef2 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/operators/airbyte.py
+++ b/providers/airbyte/src/airflow/providers/airbyte/operators/airbyte.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def execute_complete(self, context: Context, event: Any = None) -> None:
 
     def on_kill(self):
         """Cancel the job if task is cancelled."""
-        hook = AirbyteHook(airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id, api_type=self.api_type)
+        hook = AirbyteHook(airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id, api_version=self.api_version)
         if self.job_id:
             self.log.info("on_kill: cancel the airbyte Job %s", self.job_id)
             hook.cancel_job(self.job_id)
diff --git a/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/operators/test_airbyte.py b/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/operators/test_airbyte.py
index ffbddcd7e5bf8..f13cf2fa30c68 100644
--- a/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/operators/test_airbyte.py
+++ b/providers/airbyte/tests/unit/airbyte/operators/test_airbyte.py
@@ -69,3 +69,20 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_wait_for_job, mock_submit_sync_connection):
         mock_wait_for_job.assert_called_once_with(
             job_id=self.job_id, wait_seconds=self.wait_seconds, timeout=self.timeout
         )
+
+    @mock.patch("airflow.providers.airbyte.hooks.airbyte.AirbyteHook.cancel_job")
+    def test_on_kill(self, mock_cancel_job):
+        conn = Connection(conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id, conn_type="airbyte", host="airbyte.com")
+        db.merge_conn(conn)
+
+        op = AirbyteTriggerSyncOperator(
+            task_id="test_Airbyte_op",
+            airbyte_conn_id=self.airbyte_conn_id,
+            connection_id=self.connection_id,
+            wait_seconds=self.wait_seconds,
+            timeout=self.timeout,
+        )
+        op.job_id = self.job_id
+        op.on_kill()
+
+        mock_cancel_job.assert_called_once_with(self.job_id)