diff --git a/.taskfiles/Talos/Taskfile.yaml b/.taskfiles/Talos/Taskfile.yaml
index 81092bcc..1a75fbfe 100644
--- a/.taskfiles/Talos/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/.taskfiles/Talos/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ tasks:
     desc: Upgrade Talos on a node
     dir: '{{.KUBERNETES_DIR}}/bootstrap/talos'
     cmds:
-      - talosctl --nodes {{.NODE}} upgrade --image {{.IMAGE}} --timeout=10m --reboot-mode={{.MODE}}
+      - talosctl --nodes {{.NODE}} upgrade --image="factory.talos.dev/installer/{{.TALOS_SCHEMATIC_ID}}:{{.VERSION}}" --timeout=10m --reboot-mode={{.MODE}}
       - talosctl --nodes {{.NODE}} health --wait-timeout=10m --server=false
     vars:
       MODE: '{{.MODE | default "default"}}'
+      TALOS_SCEMATIC_ID:
+        sh: talosctl get nodeannotationspecs --nodes {{.NODE}} -o jsonpath='{.spec.value}'
     requires:
-      vars: ['NODE', 'IMAGE']
+      vars: ['NODE', 'VERSION']
     preconditions:
       - msg: Missing talosconfig
         sh: test -f {{.TALOSCONFIG}}
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ tasks:
         sh: talosctl config info &>/dev/null
       - msg: Node not found
         sh: talosctl --nodes {{.NODE}} get machineconfig &>/dev/null
+      - msg: Upstream Talos version not found
+        sh: |
+          curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(curl -fsSL 'https://ghcr.io/token?scope=repository:siderolabs/talos:pull' | jq -r '.token')" https://ghcr.io/v2/siderolabs/talos/manifests/{{.VERSION}} &>/dev/null
 
   upgrade-k8s:
     desc: Upgrade Kubernetes across the cluster
@@ -69,6 +74,9 @@ tasks:
         sh: talosctl --nodes {{.NODE}} get machineconfig &>/dev/null
       - msg: Node not controller
         sh: talosctl config info --output json | jq --exit-status '.endpoints | index("{{.NODE}}") != null' &>/dev/null
+      - msg: Upstream Kubernetes version not found
+        sh: |
+          curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(curl -fsSL 'https://ghcr.io/token?scope=repository:siderolabs/kubelet:pull' | jq -r '.token')" https://ghcr.io/v2/siderolabs/kubelet/manifests/{{.VERSION}} &>/dev/null
 
   nuke:
     desc: Resets nodes back to maintenance mode
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db225e67..d5b11931 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ Resolving problems that you have could take some tweaking of your YAML manifests
 ```sh
 # Upgrade Talos to a newer version
 # NOTE: This needs to be run once on every node
-task talos:upgrade NODE=? IMAGE=?
+task talos:upgrade NODE=? VERSION=?
 # e.g.
-# task talos:upgrade NODE=192.168.42.10 IMAGE=factory.talos.dev/installer/${schematic_id}:v1.7.4
+# task talos:upgrade NODE=192.168.42.10 VERSION=v1.8.1
 ```
 
 ```sh