diff --git a/test/e2e/data/ccm/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager.yaml b/test/e2e/data/ccm/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager.yaml
index 3c82a448b..9827fd1eb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/data/ccm/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/data/ccm/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager.yaml
@@ -35,15 +35,10 @@ spec:
           effect: "NoSchedule"
         - key: "CriticalAddonsOnly"
           operator: "Exists"
-        # cloud controller manages should be able to run on masters
-        # TODO: remove this when ccm is not supported on k8s <= 1.23
-        - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/master"
-          effect: NoSchedule
-        # k8s clusters 1.24+ uses control-plane name instead of master
         - key: "node-role.kubernetes.io/control-plane"
           effect: NoSchedule
       containers:
-      - image: digitalocean/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager:v0.1.42
+      - image: digitalocean/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager:v0.1.45
         name: digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager
         command:
           - "/bin/digitalocean-cloud-controller-manager"