diff --git a/awsapi/conf/ec2-service.properties.in b/awsapi/conf/ec2-service.properties.in
index 6af0f63fd11..82f5ad82526 100644
--- a/awsapi/conf/ec2-service.properties.in
+++ b/awsapi/conf/ec2-service.properties.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 managementServer=127.0.0.1
 cloudAPIPort=8080
 cloudstackVersion=2.2.0
-WSDLVersion=2010-11-15
+WSDLVersion=2012-08-15
 keystore=xes.keystore
 keystorePass=apache
 
diff --git a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/EC2RestServlet.java b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/EC2RestServlet.java
index de84aeec447..65fe34e1cee 100644
--- a/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/EC2RestServlet.java
+++ b/awsapi/src/com/cloud/bridge/service/EC2RestServlet.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class EC2RestServlet extends HttpServlet {
             }
             String keystore  = EC2Prop.getProperty( "keystore" );
             keystorePassword = EC2Prop.getProperty( "keystorePass" );
-            wsdlVersion      = EC2Prop.getProperty( "WSDLVersion", "2010-11-15" );
+            wsdlVersion      = EC2Prop.getProperty( "WSDLVersion", "2012-08-15" );
             version = EC2Prop.getProperty( "cloudbridgeVersion", "UNKNOWN VERSION" );
 
             String installedPath = System.getenv("CATALINA_HOME");