diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
index 40c25ff..84818bb 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/defaults/main.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #
 # Kubernetes version
 kubernetes_version: 1.22.17
+kubernetes_cri_tools_version: 1.25.0
 
                                                                    # ]]]
 # .. envvar:: kubernetes_kernel_modules [[[
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
index d6fb81c..cd806b8 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name:
       - "containerd"
+      - "cri-tools={{ kubernetes_cri_tools_version }}-00"
       - "kubeadm={{ kubernetes_version }}-00"
       - "kubectl={{ kubernetes_version }}-00"
       - "kubelet={{ kubernetes_version }}-00"