diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
index 3ae15e4f88..ac9e082676 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/defaults/main.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ docker_daemon_defaults:
 docker_version:
   Debian: "5:20.10.8*" # * is needed to match a version such as '5:19.03.14~3-0~ubuntu-bionic'
   RedHat: "20.10.8"
+
+containerd_version: "1.5.11"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
index aef03c16b2..1ca9b81132 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/docker/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
   vars:
     _packages:
       Debian:
-        - containerd.io
+        - containerd.io={{ containerd_version }}-*
         - docker-ce-cli={{ docker_version.Debian }}
         - docker-ce-rootless-extras={{ docker_version.Debian }}
         - docker-ce={{ docker_version.Debian }}
       RedHat:
-        - containerd.io
+        - containerd.io-{{ containerd_version }}
         - docker-ce-cli-{{ docker_version.RedHat }}
         - docker-ce-rootless-extras-{{ docker_version.RedHat }}
         - docker-ce-{{ docker_version.RedHat }}
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/defaults/main.yml
index 815b6de8ae..3a91df24b2 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/defaults/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ haproxy_image_tag: "{{ haproxy_version }}-alpine"
 haproxy_image_tar: "haproxy-{{ haproxy_image_tag }}.tar"
 extra_mounts: []
 haproxy_upgrade_enabled: false
+containerd_version: "1.5.11"
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
index be92c1e13b..8560bc3643 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-Debian.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   apt:
     update_cache: true
     name:
-      - containerd.io  # provides "runc"
+      - containerd.io={{ containerd_version }}-*  # provides "runc"
     state: present
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
index 99cdc268a5..6826a18fab 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/haproxy_runc/tasks/install-packages-RedHat.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   yum:
     update_cache: true
     name:
-      - containerd.io  # provides "runc"
+      - containerd.io-{{ containerd_version }}  # provides "runc"
     state: present
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.aarch64.txt b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.aarch64.txt
index 3fa1e46563..d9e3985ce1 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.aarch64.txt
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.aarch64.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bash-completion
 ca-certificates
 cifs-utils
 conntrack-tools # for kubelet
-containerd.io
+containerd.io-1.5.11
 container-selinux
 #cri-tools-1.13.0
 curl
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.x86_64.txt b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
index 8dc6f611fb..1331372119 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/centos-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bash-completion
 ca-certificates
 cifs-utils
 conntrack-tools # for kubelet
-containerd.io
+containerd.io-1.5.11
 container-selinux
 cri-tools-1.13.0
 curl
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/redhat-7/requirements.x86_64.txt b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/redhat-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
index 79ab22372d..27b25abd6a 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/redhat-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/redhat-7/requirements.x86_64.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ bash-completion
 ca-certificates
 cifs-utils
 conntrack-tools # for kubelet
-containerd.io
+containerd.io-1.5.11
 container-selinux
 cri-tools-1.13.0
 curl
diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/ubuntu-20.04/requirements.x86_64.txt b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/ubuntu-20.04/requirements.x86_64.txt
index 37a928db2f..103ccb5afd 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/ubuntu-20.04/requirements.x86_64.txt
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/roles/repository/files/download-requirements/ubuntu-20.04/requirements.x86_64.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ auditd
 bash-completion
 ca-certificates
 cifs-utils
-containerd.io
+containerd.io 1.5.11
 cri-tools 1.13.0
 curl
 docker-ce 5:20.10.8
diff --git a/cli/epicli.py b/cli/epicli.py
index 42192131f6..89e0783f97 100644
--- a/cli/epicli.py
+++ b/cli/epicli.py
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ def delete_parser(subparsers):
     sub_parser._action_groups.append(optional)
 
     def run_delete(args):
-        if not query_yes_no('Do you really want to delete your cluster?'):
+        if not query_yes_no('''You are trying to delete your cluster.
+If your configuration does not allow to keep the existing disks used in the cluster, you will lose your data.
+Make sure your data is safe. Do you really want to delete your cluster?'''):
             return 0
         adjust_paths_from_build(args)
         with DeleteEngine(args) as engine:
diff --git a/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md b/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
index 0190c313f2..42325e18b6 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/CHANGELOG-1.3.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 - [#2997](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/2997) - Doubled HAProxy entries in prometheus.yml after upgrade
 - [#2996](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/2996) - Introduce the new configuration field to change a component name
 - [#3034](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/3034) - [RHEL/CentOS] GPG signature could not be verified for Kubernetes repository
+- [#3065](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/3065) - Flag `delete_os_disk_on_termination` has no effect when removing cluster
+- [#3006](https://github.com/epiphany-platform/epiphany/issues/3006) - install 'containerd.io=1.4.12-*' failed, when upgrade from v1.3.0 to 2.0.0dev
 
 ## [1.3.0] 2022-01-19
 
diff --git a/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md b/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
index b5e3c9fecb..b22e3d053b 100644
--- a/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
+++ b/docs/home/howto/CLUSTER.md
@@ -588,6 +588,11 @@ Epicli has a delete command to remove a cluster from a cloud provider (AWS, Azur
 
 From the defined cluster build folder it will take the information needed to remove the resources from the cloud provider.
 
+### Note for Azure cloud provider
+
+Make sure you can safely remove OS and data disks - Epiphany does not support cluster removal from Azure
+while preserving existing disks.
+
 ## Single machine cluster
 
 *Please read first prerequisites related to [hostname requirements](./PREREQUISITES.md#hostname-requirements).*
diff --git a/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml b/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
index 70eabd28be..c7e1b65a07 100644
--- a/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
+++ b/schema/azure/defaults/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ specification:
     sku: 20_04-lts-gen2
     version: "20.04.202201100" # Never put latest on anything! Need to always pin the version number but testing we can get away with it
   storage_os_disk:
-    delete_on_termination: false
     managed: false
     caching: ReadWrite
     create_option: FromImage
diff --git a/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml b/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
index 9148aefb0e..c160a8da53 100644
--- a/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
+++ b/schema/azure/validation/infrastructure/virtual-machine.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ properties:
   storage_os_disk:
     type: object
     properties:
-      delete_on_termination:
-        type: boolean
       managed:
         type: boolean
       caching:
diff --git a/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2 b/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
index 2e81de148d..bd38fd338e 100644
--- a/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
+++ b/terraform/azure/infrastructure/virtual-machine.j2
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ resource "azurerm_virtual_machine" "{{ specification.name }}" {
   # windows specific stuff here maybe... hopefully never.
   {%- endif %}
 
-  {%- if specification.storage_os_disk.managed != true %}
-  delete_os_disk_on_termination = "{{ specification.storage_os_disk.delete_on_termination | lower }}"
-  {%- endif %}
-
   storage_os_disk {
     name          = "{{ specification.name }}-os-disk"
     caching       = "{{ specification.storage_os_disk.caching }}"