diff --git a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities.go b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities.go
index cb726e7252..ded9b2c33d 100644
--- a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities.go
+++ b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
+	runv1alpha1 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/apis/run/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/pkg/v1/tkg/test/tkgctl/shared"
 )
@@ -36,9 +37,11 @@ func (dc *DiscoveryClient) IsTKGm(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
 	return dc.HasInfrastructureProvider(ctx, InfrastructureProviderVsphere)
 }
 
-// IsTKGS returns true if the cluster is a TKGS cluster.
+// IsTKGS returns true if the cluster is a TKGS cluster. Checks for the existence of any TKC API version.
 func (dc *DiscoveryClient) IsTKGS(ctx context.Context) (bool, error) {
-	return dc.HasTanzuKubernetesClusterV1alpha1(ctx)
+	query := discovery.Group("tkc", runv1alpha1.GroupVersion.Group).
+		WithResource("tanzukubernetesclusters")
+	return dc.clusterQueryClient.PreparedQuery(query)()
 }
 
 // IsManagementCluster returns true if the cluster is a TKG management cluster.
diff --git a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities_test.go b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities_test.go
index ce305c6e3c..6738e5397b 100644
--- a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities_test.go
+++ b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/capabilities_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,42 @@ func TestHasNSX(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIsTKGS(t *testing.T) {
+
+	discoveryClientWithTKC := func() (*DiscoveryClient, error) {
+		return newFakeDiscoveryClient(tanzuRunAPIResourceList, Scheme, nil)
+	}
+
+	discoveryClientWithoutTKC := func() (*DiscoveryClient, error) {
+		return newFakeDiscoveryClient([]*metav1.APIResourceList{}, Scheme, nil)
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		description       string
+		discoveryClientFn func() (*DiscoveryClient, error)
+		errExpected       bool
+		want              bool
+	}{
+		{"TKGS exists", discoveryClientWithTKC, false, true},
+		{"TKGS does not exist", discoveryClientWithoutTKC, false, false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			dc, err := tc.discoveryClientFn()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			got, err := dc.IsTKGS(context.Background())
+			if err != nil && !tc.errExpected {
+				t.Error(err)
+			}
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("got: %t, want %t", got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 var clusterInfo = `
 cluster:
   name: tkg-cluster-wc-765
diff --git a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/fake.go b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/fake.go
index be80d80d4b..2b646571e3 100644
--- a/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/fake.go
+++ b/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery/tkg/fake.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	ctrlfake "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/fake"
 
 	runv1alpha1 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/apis/run/v1alpha1"
+	runv1alpha2 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/apis/run/v1alpha2"
+	runv1alpha3 "github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/apis/run/v1alpha3"
 	"github.com/vmware-tanzu/tanzu-framework/pkg/v1/sdk/capabilities/discovery"
 )
 
@@ -32,6 +34,34 @@ var (
 					Version:    runv1alpha1.GroupVersion.Version,
 					Namespaced: true,
 				},
+				{
+					Name:       "tanzukubernetesreleases",
+					Kind:       "TanzuKubernetesRelease",
+					Group:      runv1alpha2.GroupVersion.Group,
+					Version:    runv1alpha2.GroupVersion.Version,
+					Namespaced: true,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:       "tanzukubernetesclusters",
+					Kind:       "TanzuKubernetesCluster",
+					Group:      runv1alpha2.GroupVersion.Group,
+					Version:    runv1alpha2.GroupVersion.Version,
+					Namespaced: true,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:       "tanzukubernetesreleases",
+					Kind:       "TanzuKubernetesRelease",
+					Group:      runv1alpha3.GroupVersion.Group,
+					Version:    runv1alpha3.GroupVersion.Version,
+					Namespaced: true,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:       "tanzukubernetesclusters",
+					Kind:       "TanzuKubernetesCluster",
+					Group:      runv1alpha3.GroupVersion.Group,
+					Version:    runv1alpha3.GroupVersion.Version,
+					Namespaced: true,
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}