diff --git a/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh b/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
index 3b909b638f00409652aa682ad2e83a26362b4002..c0f1266d46334df1b99a2a4aca80c8b17a6a34ca 100755
--- a/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
+++ b/docs/assets/scripts/developer/k3d-dev.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 
 if [[ -z "${AMI_ID}" ]]; then
   # default
-  AMI_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-images --filters Name=owner-alias,Values=aws-marketplace Name=architecture,Values=x86_64 Name=name,Values="ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-*" --query 'sort_by(Images, &CreationDate)[].ImageId | [0]' --output text)
+  AMI_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-images --filters Name=owner-alias,Values=aws-marketplace Name=architecture,Values=x86_64 Name=name,Values="ubuntu/images/hvm-ssd/ubuntu-jammy-22.04-amd64-server-*" --query 'max_by(Images, &CreationDate).ImageId' --output text)
 fi
 
 #### Preflight Checks