diff --git a/node/avalanchego.go b/node/avalanchego.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93100cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/avalanchego.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2024, Ava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
+// See the file LICENSE for licensing terms.
+
+package node
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-tooling-sdk-go/constants"
+	remoteconfig "github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-tooling-sdk-go/node/config"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-tooling-sdk-go/utils"
+	"github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/api/info"
+)
+
+func (h *Node) GetAvalancheGoVersion() (string, error) {
+	// Craft and send the HTTP POST request
+	requestBody := "{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\", \"id\":1,\"method\" :\"info.getNodeVersion\"}"
+	resp, err := h.Post("", requestBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	if avalancheGoVersion, _, err := parseAvalancheGoOutput(resp); err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	} else {
+		return avalancheGoVersion, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func parseAvalancheGoOutput(byteValue []byte) (string, uint32, error) {
+	reply := map[string]interface{}{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(byteValue, &reply); err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	resultMap := reply["result"]
+	resultJSON, err := json.Marshal(resultMap)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	nodeVersionReply := info.GetNodeVersionReply{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(resultJSON, &nodeVersionReply); err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	return nodeVersionReply.VMVersions["platform"], uint32(nodeVersionReply.RPCProtocolVersion), nil
+}
+
+func (h *Node) GetAvalancheGoNetworkName() (string, error) {
+	if nodeConfigFileExists(*h) {
+		avagoConfig, err := h.GetAvalancheGoConfigData()
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", err
+		}
+		return utils.StringValue(avagoConfig, "network-id")
+	} else {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("node config file does not exist")
+	}
+}
+
+func (h *Node) GetAvalancheGoConfigData() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	// get remote node.json file
+	nodeJSON, err := h.ReadFileBytes(remoteconfig.GetRemoteAvalancheNodeConfig(), constants.SSHFileOpsTimeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	var avagoConfig map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(nodeJSON, &avagoConfig); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return avagoConfig, nil
+}
diff --git a/node/ssh.go b/node/ssh.go
index 9257a76..f68c874 100644
--- a/node/ssh.go
+++ b/node/ssh.go
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func (h *Node) MonitorNodes(ctx context.Context, targets []Node, chainID string)
 }
 
 // ValidateSubnets reconfigures avalanchego to validate subnets
-func (h *Node) ValidateSubnets(ctx context.Context, networkName string, subnetsToTrack []string, avalancheGoVersion string) error {
+func (h *Node) ValidateSubnets(subnetsToTrack []string) error {
 	// necessary checks
 	if !isAvalancheGoNode(*h) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%s is not a avalanchego node", h.NodeID)
@@ -392,7 +392,15 @@ func (h *Node) ValidateSubnets(ctx context.Context, networkName string, subnetsT
 	if err := h.WaitForSSHShell(constants.SSHScriptTimeout); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := h.ComposeSSHSetupNode(networkName, subnetsToTrack, avalancheGoVersion, withMonitoring); err != nil {
+	avagoVersion, err := h.GetAvalancheGoVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	networkName, err := h.GetAvalancheGoNetworkName()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := h.ComposeSSHSetupNode(networkName, subnetsToTrack, avagoVersion, withMonitoring); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := h.RestartDockerCompose(constants.SSHScriptTimeout); err != nil {
@@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ func (h *Node) ValidateSubnets(ctx context.Context, networkName string, subnetsT
 
 	return nil
 }
+
 func (h *Node) RunSSHCopyMonitoringDashboards(monitoringDashboardPath string) error {
 	// TODO: download dashboards from github instead
 	remoteDashboardsPath := utils.GetRemoteComposeServicePath("grafana", "dashboards")