diff --git a/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/deploy.bicep b/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/deploy.bicep
index 54d14c779e..17c45ec0bb 100644
--- a/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/deploy.bicep
+++ b/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/deploy.bicep
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ resource defaultTelemetry 'Microsoft.Resources/deployments@2021-04-01' = if (ena
   }
 }
 
-resource vmss 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets@2021-04-01' = {
+resource vmss 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets@2022-03-01' = {
   name: name
   location: location
   tags: tags
diff --git a/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/readme.md b/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/readme.md
index 1e9021ff05..0f84bcfeec 100644
--- a/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/readme.md
+++ b/modules/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/readme.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This module deploys a virtual machine scale set.
 | :-- | :-- |
 | `Microsoft.Authorization/locks` | [2017-04-01](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Authorization/2017-04-01/locks) |
 | `Microsoft.Authorization/roleAssignments` | [2022-04-01](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Authorization/2022-04-01/roleAssignments) |
-| `Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets` | [2021-04-01](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Compute/2021-04-01/virtualMachineScaleSets) |
+| `Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets` | [2022-03-01](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Compute/2022-03-01/virtualMachineScaleSets) |
 | `Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/extensions` | [2021-07-01](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Compute/2021-07-01/virtualMachineScaleSets/extensions) |
 | `Microsoft.Insights/diagnosticSettings` | [2021-05-01-preview](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/templates/Microsoft.Insights/2021-05-01-preview/diagnosticSettings) |