diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/ntpclient.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/ntpclient.py
index 14f0c01e..4c71d675 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/ntpclient.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/ntpclient.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class NTPClientPlugin(ntpclient.NTPClientPlugin):
                 _W32TIME_SERVICE,
                 osutils.SERVICE_START_MODE_AUTOMATIC)
 
-        if osutils.check_os_version(6, 0):
+        if osutils.check_os_version(6, 1):
             self._set_ntp_trigger_mode(osutils)
 
         svc_status = osutils.get_service_status(_W32TIME_SERVICE)
diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/tests/plugins/windows/test_ntpclient.py b/cloudbaseinit/tests/plugins/windows/test_ntpclient.py
index 7880bef0..825319b0 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/tests/plugins/windows/test_ntpclient.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/tests/plugins/windows/test_ntpclient.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class NTPClientPluginTests(unittest.TestCase):
         mock_osutils.get_service_status.assert_called_with(
             ntpclient._W32TIME_SERVICE)
 
-        mock_osutils.check_os_version.assert_called_once_with(6, 0)
+        mock_osutils.check_os_version.assert_called_once_with(6, 1)
         if patch_check_os_version:
             mock_set_ntp_trigger_mode.assert_called_once_with(mock_osutils)
         else: