diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-amzn2.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-amzn2.yaml
index 1868a9a6..02d246c8 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-amzn2.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-amzn2.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   osName: "amzn2"
   osVersion: "2.0"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "aws"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-centos.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-centos.yaml
index ce6fc128..9ef2ff95 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-centos.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-centos.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   osName: "centos"
   osVersion: "7.7"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "alibaba"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar-cloud-init.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar-cloud-init.yaml
index 5ca14207..3741e937 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar-cloud-init.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar-cloud-init.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
   osName: flatcar
   ## Flatcar Stable (09/11/2021)
   osVersion: "2983.2.0"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "anexia"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar.yaml
index 8876466a..c24c6eae 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-flatcar.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
   osName: flatcar
   ## Flatcar Stable (09/11/2021)
   osVersion: "2983.2.0"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "ignition"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "aws"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-rhel.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-rhel.yaml
index e95a4703..70a17171 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-rhel.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-rhel.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   osName: "rhel"
   osVersion: "8.5"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "aws"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-rockylinux.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-rockylinux.yaml
index cf7d14f3..87a6a533 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-rockylinux.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-rockylinux.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   osName: "rockylinux"
   osVersion: "8.6"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "aws"
diff --git a/deploy/osps/default/osp-ubuntu.yaml b/deploy/osps/default/osp-ubuntu.yaml
index 90e680da..480d44bb 100644
--- a/deploy/osps/default/osp-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/deploy/osps/default/osp-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
   osName: "ubuntu"
   osVersion: "20.04"
-  version: "v1.4.2"
+  version: "v1.4.3"
   provisioningUtility: "cloud-init"
   supportedCloudProviders:
     - name: "alibaba"
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ spec:
               curl -s -k -v --header 'Authorization: Bearer {{ .Token }}'	{{ .ServerURL }}/api/v1/namespaces/cloud-init-settings/secrets/{{ .SecretName }} | jq '.data["cloud-config"]' -r| base64 -d > /etc/cloud/cloud.cfg.d/{{ .SecretName }}.cfg
               cloud-init clean
 
+              {{- /* Azure's cloud-init provider integration has changed recently (end of April 2024) and now requires us to run this command below once to set some files up that seem required for another cloud-init run. */}}
+              {{- if (eq .CloudProviderName "azure") }}
+              cloud-init init --local
+              {{- end }}
+
               {{- /* The default cloud-init configurations files have a bug on Digital Ocean that causes the machine to be in-accessible on the 2nd cloud-init and in case of Hetzner, ipv6 addresses are missing. Hence we disable network configuration. */}}
               {{- if (or (eq .CloudProviderName "digitalocean") (eq .CloudProviderName "hetzner")) }}
               rm /etc/netplan/50-cloud-init.yaml