diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/defaults.yaml b/ansible/group_vars/all/defaults.yaml
index a80e671e3..cf728a4cf 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/defaults.yaml
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/defaults.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ critools_deb: "{{ crictl_version }}-1.1"
 critools_rpm: "{{ crictl_version }}-0"
 
 # Containerd container runtime version.
-containerd_version: "1.6.33"
+containerd_version: "1.7.22"
 
 # NOTE(jkoelker) `nvidia_cuda_version` is set via an override, it is listed
 #                empty here for documentation.