diff --git a/images/base/Dockerfile b/images/base/Dockerfile
index dc02084f74..2ad36a8eda 100644
--- a/images/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base/Dockerfile
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 # Configure containerd and runc binaries from kind-ci/containerd-nightlies repository
 # The repository contains latest stable releases and nightlies built for multiple architectures
-ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION="1.6.7"
+ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION="1.6.8"
 ARG CONTAINERD_BASE_URL="https://github.com/kind-ci/containerd-nightlies/releases/download"
 ARG CONTAINERD_URL="${CONTAINERD_BASE_URL}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}-linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz"
-ARG CONTAINERD_AMD64_SHA256SUM="1f1a494578477b0e98e53e43b3a05ec3c5d7535490df5cf94347f1e7b0862684"
-ARG CONTAINERD_ARM64_SHA256SUM="21ac7992c31f9058eb309c27dab847785496051f74bdc8de02cb5b0bdbc7f0d1"
-ARG CONTAINERD_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="c1a4f9379ac6980da196e82d2c0b1f7b37e403a4e0e0d4787937f29f361c23f8"
-ARG CONTAINERD_S390X_SHA256SUM="98ac30b16db9377625cbd752f0fd8eae99a130a49ea64ab97d75745f5025a89c"
+ARG CONTAINERD_AMD64_SHA256SUM="db773ba4819e62db8849e9775eedb5aacdb7551ada8be4c9de189a5c7b9c3d2e"
+ARG CONTAINERD_ARM64_SHA256SUM="c27b4494ef2cf464f0e4f2f14e2f4f604a0cc35981055dbf92976095ef7f2f67"
+ARG CONTAINERD_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="e6f3df8b16f3f4667edc3979760b336fc4285dcc6fa80f33e482bf6241b263d8"
+ARG CONTAINERD_S390X_SHA256SUM="084aad54a7647749af581e9401caf86ee90a43040760c37c4b17b013e5db5614"
 
 ARG RUNC_URL="${CONTAINERD_BASE_URL}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}/runc.${TARGETARCH}"
-ARG RUNC_AMD64_SHA256SUM="049134ef25224295f3d999f06b1300848380ef2a9fbfb1d6c13bbf30888bfe99"
-ARG RUNC_ARM64_SHA256SUM="e5b524945d3ab55c756da57a0949f6c5eb1cdca2ec3ee702b0e7cd2d02e1854f"
-ARG RUNC_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="37f93ece47649b243401c5c55cbd7f7934eb9ab63f2b9fb03b9ed55a10ef91b1"
-ARG RUNC_S390X_SHA256SUM="cdf8c85d8047a3e4b943e80845e8f7e0eefef8b26e62a50e3ed3050f7fe24d82"
+ARG RUNC_AMD64_SHA256SUM="5b7f72fa26d40faccc397d51f4c2458920eb042f1a6aebe18acacc83ec8915a1"
+ARG RUNC_ARM64_SHA256SUM="a2457e155e34d1cb79f32c8a41cf6b0575f108c8077b8544d7ce28b4b3e7b872"
+ARG RUNC_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="d46f686ba0771c8a3abe687aeba4c72fe825aaf9a4dbbccd2297bf16ca6d26c7"
+ARG RUNC_S390X_SHA256SUM="6720d0c537dc832e7688bba4bf817359d9ad7beea231d5339587179c97317a4c"
 
 # Configure crictl binary from upstream
 ARG CRICTL_VERSION="v1.25.0"