diff --git a/src/xpk/commands/workload.py b/src/xpk/commands/workload.py
index d7bb86446..59a4b7c29 100644
--- a/src/xpk/commands/workload.py
+++ b/src/xpk/commands/workload.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     get_main_container_docker_image,
     get_user_workload_container,
 )
-from ..core.kueue_manager import has_sub_slicing_enabled, get_installed_kueue_version, SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES, LOCAL_QUEUE_NAME
+from ..core.kueue_manager import has_sub_slicing_enabled, get_installed_kueue_version, LOCAL_QUEUE_NAME
 from ..core.docker_resources import get_volumes, parse_env_config
 from ..core.gcloud_context import add_zone_and_project
 from ..core.monitoring import get_gke_outlier_dashboard
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     get_storages_to_mount,
 )
 from ..core.system_characteristics import (
+    SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES,
     AcceleratorType,
     get_system_characteristics,
     compute_vms_per_slice,
diff --git a/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager.py b/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager.py
index 5dfb2f89c..ef7738e39 100644
--- a/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager.py
+++ b/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager.py
@@ -21,16 +21,17 @@
 import json
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
+from ..utils.topology import get_slice_topology_level, get_topology_product, is_topology_contained
 from ..utils.execution_context import is_dry_run
 from ..utils.kueue import is_queued_cluster
 from kubernetes.utils import parse_quantity
-
 from .capacity import B200_DEVICE_TYPE, H100_MEGA_DEVICE_TYPE, H200_DEVICE_TYPE
 from .scheduling import (
     create_accelerator_label,
     create_machine_label,
 )
 from .system_characteristics import (
+    SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES,
     AcceleratorTypeToAcceleratorCharacteristics,
     SystemCharacteristics,
 )
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@
 KUEUE_SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGY_JINJA_FILE = "kueue_sub_slicing_topology.yaml.j2"
 MEMORY_SIZE_PER_VM = 1.2
 MIN_MEMORY_LIMIT_SIZE = 4096
-SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES = ["2x2", "2x4", "4x4", "4x8", "8x8", "8x16", "16x16"]
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -413,12 +413,25 @@ def __get_topology_name_and_yaml(
           ).render(),
       )
     elif configure_sub_slicing:
+      sorted_topologies = sorted(
+          SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES, key=get_topology_product, reverse=True
+      )
+      levels = [
+          get_slice_topology_level(topology)
+          for topology in sorted_topologies
+          if is_topology_contained(
+              contained=topology, container=system.topology
+          )
+      ]
+      levels.append("kubernetes.io/hostname")
+
       return _NameAndYaml(
           name=SUB_SLICE_TOPOLOGY_NAME,
           yaml=self.template_env.get_template(
               KUEUE_SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGY_JINJA_FILE
           ).render({
               "sub_slice_topology_name": SUB_SLICE_TOPOLOGY_NAME,
+              "levels": levels,
           }),
       )
     else:
diff --git a/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager_test.py b/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager_test.py
index 5de53bd0c..edcfcb886 100644
--- a/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager_test.py
+++ b/src/xpk/core/kueue_manager_test.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 from xpk.core.kueue_manager import KueueConfig, KueueManager, has_sub_slicing_enabled
-from xpk.core.system_characteristics import AcceleratorType, SystemCharacteristics
+from xpk.core.system_characteristics import AcceleratorType, SystemCharacteristics, UserFacingNameToSystemCharacteristics
 from xpk.core.testing.commands_tester import CommandsTester
 from packaging.version import Version
 
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ def test_configure_generates_correct_manifest_with_sub_slicing(
   kueue_config = dataclasses.replace(
       KUEUE_CONFIG,
       configure_sub_slicing=True,
+      system=UserFacingNameToSystemCharacteristics["v6e-8x8"],
   )
 
   kueue_manager.install_or_upgrade(kueue_config)
@@ -447,6 +448,15 @@ def test_configure_generates_correct_manifest_with_sub_slicing(
   assert resource_flavor["spec"]["topologyName"] == "sub-slice-topology"
   topology = _first(doc for doc in manifest_docs if doc["kind"] == "Topology")
   assert topology["metadata"]["name"] == "sub-slice-topology"
+  expected_levels = [
+      "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-8x8-id",
+      "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-4x8-id",
+      "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-4x4-id",
+      "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-2x4-id",
+      "kubernetes.io/hostname",
+  ]
+  actual_levels = [level["nodeLabel"] for level in topology["spec"]["levels"]]
+  assert actual_levels == expected_levels
 
 
 @patch("xpk.core.kueue_manager.write_tmp_file")
diff --git a/src/xpk/core/scheduling.py b/src/xpk/core/scheduling.py
index d87871d48..399609865 100644
--- a/src/xpk/core/scheduling.py
+++ b/src/xpk/core/scheduling.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 limitations under the License.
 """
 
+from ..utils.topology import get_slice_topology_level
 from ..utils.console import xpk_print
 from ..utils.topology import is_topology_valid
 from ..utils.execution_context import is_dry_run
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ def create_sub_slicing_annotations(sub_slicing_topology: str) -> list[str]:
   return [
       (
           'kueue.x-k8s.io/podset-required-topology:'
-          f' "google.com/gke-tpu-slice-{sub_slicing_topology}-id"'
+          f' "{get_slice_topology_level(sub_slicing_topology)}"'
       ),
       f'cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-topology: {sub_slicing_topology}',
   ]
diff --git a/src/xpk/core/scheduling_test.py b/src/xpk/core/scheduling_test.py
index eb129df21..3af4a21e0 100644
--- a/src/xpk/core/scheduling_test.py
+++ b/src/xpk/core/scheduling_test.py
@@ -19,16 +19,14 @@
 
 
 def test_create_sub_slicing_annotations_returns_valid_annotations():
-  subslicing_topology = '2x2'
-
-  result = create_sub_slicing_annotations(subslicing_topology)
+  result = create_sub_slicing_annotations(sub_slicing_topology='2x4')
 
   assert result == [
       (
           'kueue.x-k8s.io/podset-required-topology:'
-          ' "google.com/gke-tpu-slice-2x2-id"'
+          ' "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-2x4-id"'
       ),
-      'cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-topology: 2x2',
+      'cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-topology: 2x4',
   ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/xpk/core/system_characteristics.py b/src/xpk/core/system_characteristics.py
index 4d3e5aa72..06e2996b3 100644
--- a/src/xpk/core/system_characteristics.py
+++ b/src/xpk/core/system_characteristics.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 from ..utils.topology import get_topology_product
 from enum import Enum
 
+SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES = ['2x4', '4x4', '4x8', '8x8', '8x16', '16x16']
+
 
 class AcceleratorType(Enum):
   TPU = 1
@@ -495,17 +497,19 @@ def compute_vms_per_slice(topology: str) -> int:
         tensorcores_per_chip=1,
         gke_accelerator='tpu-v6e-slice',
         machine_type='ct6e-standard-4t',
-        supports_sub_slicing=True,
+        supports_sub_slicing=False,
         supported_topologies=[
             '2x2',
-            '2x4',
-            '4x4',
-            '4x8',
-            '8x8',
-            '8x16',
-            '16x16',
         ],
     ),
+    **get_tpu_system_characteristics_map(
+        prefix='v6e',
+        tensorcores_per_chip=1,
+        gke_accelerator='tpu-v6e-slice',
+        machine_type='ct6e-standard-4t',
+        supports_sub_slicing=True,
+        supported_topologies=SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES,
+    ),
     **get_tpu_system_characteristics_map(
         prefix='v5p',
         tensorcores_per_chip=2,
diff --git a/src/xpk/parser/workload.py b/src/xpk/parser/workload.py
index 7e73a600e..ab6e1d0b1 100644
--- a/src/xpk/parser/workload.py
+++ b/src/xpk/parser/workload.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 from .common import add_shared_arguments
 from .validators import directory_path_type, name_type
 from ..utils.feature_flags import FeatureFlags
-from ..core.kueue_manager import SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES
-from ..core.system_characteristics import get_system_characteristics_keys_by_accelerator_type, AcceleratorType
+from ..core.system_characteristics import get_system_characteristics_keys_by_accelerator_type, AcceleratorType, SUB_SLICING_TOPOLOGIES
 
 
 def set_workload_parsers(workload_parser: ArgumentParser):
diff --git a/src/xpk/parser/workload_test.py b/src/xpk/parser/workload_test.py
index 870273303..513b4055b 100644
--- a/src/xpk/parser/workload_test.py
+++ b/src/xpk/parser/workload_test.py
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ def test_workload_create_sub_slicing_topology_can_be_set():
       "--workload",
       "test",
       "--tpu-type",
-      "tpu7x-2",
+      "tpu7x-8",
       "--sub-slicing-topology",
-      "2x2",
+      "2x4",
   ])
 
-  assert args.sub_slicing_topology is "2x2"
+  assert args.sub_slicing_topology is "2x4"
diff --git a/src/xpk/templates/kueue_sub_slicing_topology.yaml.j2 b/src/xpk/templates/kueue_sub_slicing_topology.yaml.j2
index 87e874e57..54eb795cc 100644
--- a/src/xpk/templates/kueue_sub_slicing_topology.yaml.j2
+++ b/src/xpk/templates/kueue_sub_slicing_topology.yaml.j2
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ sub_slice_topology_name }}
 spec:
   levels:
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-16x16-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-8x16-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-8x8-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-4x8-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-4x4-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-2x4-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-2x2-id"
-  - nodeLabel: "kubernetes.io/hostname"
+  {% for level in levels %}
+  - nodeLabel: "{{level}}"
+  {% endfor %}
diff --git a/src/xpk/utils/topology.py b/src/xpk/utils/topology.py
index f65d1722e..178f94858 100644
--- a/src/xpk/utils/topology.py
+++ b/src/xpk/utils/topology.py
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ def is_topology_contained(contained: str, container: str) -> bool:
       contained <= container
       for contained, container in zip(contained_parsed, container_parsed)
   )
+
+
+def get_slice_topology_level(topology: str) -> str:
+  return f"cloud.google.com/gke-tpu-slice-{topology}-id"