diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
index 0d19573739..1621e11b7b 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.dev.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
+            "defaultValue": "9.0.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
index eb403cf5d9..08942e3b32 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-organization-account.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
+            "defaultValue": "9.0.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
index ffd54a39c2..a8e98b16fe 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.dev.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
+            "defaultValue": "9.0.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
index 6f0d4ad9ec..68564ce5c9 100644
--- a/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
+++ b/deploy/azure/ARM-for-single-account.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
             "metadata": {
                 "description": "The version of elastic-agent to install"
             },
-            "defaultValue": "8.16.0"
+            "defaultValue": "9.0.0"
         },
         "FleetUrl": {
             "type": "string",
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index b5d0ef000e..e4494c88b6 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 package version
 
 // name matches github.com/elastic/beats/v7/dev-tools/mage/settings.go parseBeatVersion
-const defaultBeatVersion = "8.16.0"
+const defaultBeatVersion = "9.0.0"
 
 // Version represents version information for a package
 type Version struct {