diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
index 41ea04f83..1a4b22141 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -164,13 +164,60 @@ spec:
           nameserver 1.1.1.1
           nameserver 1.0.0.1
           nameserver 2606:4700:4700::1111
+      - content: |
+          # Copyright The containerd Authors.
+          #
+          # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+          # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+          # You may obtain a copy of the License at
+          #
+          #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+          #
+          # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+          # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+          # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+          # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+          # limitations under the License.
+          #
+          # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+
+          [Unit]
+          Description=containerd container runtime
+          Documentation=https://containerd.io
+          After=network.target local-fs.target dbus.service
+
+          [Service]
+          ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
+          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
+
+          Type=notify
+          Delegate=yes
+          KillMode=process
+          Restart=always
+          RestartSec=5
+
+          # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+          # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+          LimitNPROC=infinity
+          LimitCORE=infinity
+
+          # Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not supports it.
+          # Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+          TasksMax=infinity
+          OOMScoreAdjust=-999
+
+          [Install]
+          WantedBy=multi-user.target
+        owner: root:root
+        path: /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service
+        permissions: "0744"
     preKubeadmCommands:
       - set -x
       - export CONTAINERD=1.7.24 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+      - export RUNC=1.2.3
       - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
       - export TRIMMED_KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//' | awk -F . '{print $1 "." $2}')
-      - ARCH=amd64
-      - if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then ARCH=arm64; fi
+      - ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
       - localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       - localectl set-locale LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
       - apt-get update -y
@@ -178,12 +225,16 @@ spec:
       - sed -i '/swap/d' /etc/fstab
       - swapoff -a
       - modprobe overlay && modprobe br_netfilter && sysctl --system
-      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
-      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - sha256sum --check cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - tar --no-overwrite-dir -C / -xzf cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
-      - rm -f cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - chmod -R 644 /etc/cni && chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+      - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.$ARCH
+      - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.sha256sum
+      - sha256sum --check --ignore-missing runc.sha256sum
+      - install runc.$ARCH /usr/local/sbin/runc
+      - rm -f runc.$ARCH runc.sha256sum
+      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
+      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+      - sha256sum --check containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+      - tar -zxf containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+      - rm -f containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
       - mkdir -p /etc/containerd
       - containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml
       - sed -i  "s/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/" /etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
index 4b83ee87b..55a05138a 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -183,11 +183,60 @@ spec:
           nameserver 1.1.1.1
           nameserver 1.0.0.1
           nameserver 2606:4700:4700::1111
+      - content: |
+          # Copyright The containerd Authors.
+          #
+          # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+          # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+          # You may obtain a copy of the License at
+          #
+          #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+          #
+          # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+          # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+          # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+          # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+          # limitations under the License.
+          #
+          # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+
+          [Unit]
+          Description=containerd container runtime
+          Documentation=https://containerd.io
+          After=network.target local-fs.target dbus.service
+
+          [Service]
+          ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
+          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
+
+          Type=notify
+          Delegate=yes
+          KillMode=process
+          Restart=always
+          RestartSec=5
+
+          # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+          # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+          LimitNPROC=infinity
+          LimitCORE=infinity
+
+          # Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not supports it.
+          # Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+          TasksMax=infinity
+          OOMScoreAdjust=-999
+
+          [Install]
+          WantedBy=multi-user.target
+        owner: root:root
+        path: /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service
+        permissions: "0744"
     preKubeadmCommands:
       - set -x
       - export CONTAINERD=1.7.24 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+      - export RUNC=1.2.3
       - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
       - export TRIMMED_KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//' | awk -F . '{print $1 "." $2}')
+      - ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
       - localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       - localectl set-locale LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
       - apt-get update -y
@@ -195,12 +244,16 @@ spec:
       - sed -i '/swap/d' /etc/fstab
       - swapoff -a
       - modprobe overlay && modprobe br_netfilter && sysctl --system
-      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - sha256sum --check cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - tar --no-overwrite-dir -C / -xzf cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-      - rm -f cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-amd64.tar.gz.sha256sum
-      - chmod -R 644 /etc/cni && chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+      - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.$ARCH
+      - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.sha256sum
+      - sha256sum --check --ignore-missing runc.sha256sum
+      - install runc.$ARCH /usr/local/sbin/runc
+      - rm -f runc.$ARCH runc.sha256sum
+      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
+      - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+      - sha256sum --check containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+      - tar -zxf containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+      - rm -f containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
       - mkdir -p /etc/containerd
       - containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml
       - sed -i  "s/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/" /etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
index 1b47f7cc0..92111177a 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -52,14 +52,61 @@ spec:
             nameserver 1.1.1.1
             nameserver 1.0.0.1
             nameserver 2606:4700:4700::1111
+        - content: |
+          # Copyright The containerd Authors.
+          #
+          # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+          # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+          # You may obtain a copy of the License at
+          #
+          #     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+          #
+          # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+          # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+          # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+          # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+          # limitations under the License.
+          #
+          # https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+
+          [Unit]
+          Description=containerd container runtime
+          Documentation=https://containerd.io
+          After=network.target local-fs.target dbus.service
+
+          [Service]
+          ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
+          ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
+
+          Type=notify
+          Delegate=yes
+          KillMode=process
+          Restart=always
+          RestartSec=5
+
+          # Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+          # in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+          LimitNPROC=infinity
+          LimitCORE=infinity
+
+          # Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not supports it.
+          # Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+          TasksMax=infinity
+          OOMScoreAdjust=-999
+
+          [Install]
+          WantedBy=multi-user.target
+        owner: root:root
+        path: /etc/systemd/system/containerd.service
+        permissions: "0744"
       preKubeadmCommands:
         - set -x
         - grep VERSION= /etc/os-release; uname -a
         - export CONTAINERD=1.7.24 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+        - export RUNC=1.2.3
         - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
         - export TRIMMED_KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//' | awk -F . '{print $1 "." $2}')
-        - ARCH=amd64
-        - if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then ARCH=arm64; fi
+        - ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
         - localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
         - localectl set-locale LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
         - apt-get update -y
@@ -67,12 +114,16 @@ spec:
         - sed -i '/swap/d' /etc/fstab
         - swapoff -a
         - modprobe overlay && modprobe br_netfilter && sysctl --system
-        - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
-        - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-        - sha256sum --check cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-        - tar --no-overwrite-dir -C / -xzf cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
-        - rm -f cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz cri-containerd-cni-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
-        - chmod -R 644 /etc/cni && chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+        - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.$ARCH
+        - wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.sha256sum
+        - sha256sum --check --ignore-missing runc.sha256sum
+        - install runc.$ARCH /usr/local/sbin/runc
+        - rm -f runc.$ARCH runc.sha256sum
+        - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
+        - wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+        - sha256sum --check containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+        - tar -zxf containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz -C /usr/local
+        - rm -f containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
         - mkdir -p /etc/containerd
         - containerd config default > /etc/containerd/config.toml
         - sed -i  "s/SystemdCgroup = false/SystemdCgroup = true/" /etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh b/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
index 15de7d782..b1d37aced 100644
--- a/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
+++ b/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
@@ -47,25 +47,75 @@ kernel.panic=10
 kernel.panic_on_oops=1
 EOF
 
+# Create containerd systemd unit
+cat >/etc/systemd/system/containerd.service <<'EOF'
+# Copyright The containerd Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+
+[Unit]
+Description=containerd container runtime
+Documentation=https://containerd.io
+After=network.target local-fs.target dbus.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
+
+Type=notify
+Delegate=yes
+KillMode=process
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+
+# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+LimitNPROC=infinity
+LimitCORE=infinity
+
+# Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not supports it.
+# Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+TasksMax=infinity
+OOMScoreAdjust=-999
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
 # Apply sysctl params without reboot
 sysctl --system
 
+ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
 CONTAINERD=1.7.16 # https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases
+RUNC=1.2.3 # https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases
+
+# Install runc
+wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.$ARCH
+wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.sha256sum
+sha256sum --check --ignore-missing runc.sha256sum
+install runc.$ARCH /usr/local/sbin/runc
 
 # Install containerd
-wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD}/cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz
-wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD}/cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-sha256sum --check cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-tar --no-overwrite-dir -C / -xzf cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+sha256sum --check containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+tar -zxf containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz -C /usr/local
 
 # Cleanup
-rm -f cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-
-mkdir -p /etc/containerd
-
-# Sets permission accordingly to CIS Benchmark
-chmod -R 644 /etc/cni
-chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+rm -f runc.$ARCH runc.sha256sum
+rm -f containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
 
 mkdir -p /etc/containerd
 containerd config default >/etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh b/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
index bcc9c639c..4bbdacdb6 100644
--- a/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
+++ b/templates/node-image/1.28.9-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ systemctl enable kubelet
 
 kubeadm config images pull --kubernetes-version $KUBERNETES_VERSION
 
+# Sets permission accordingly to CIS Benchmark
+chmod -R 644 /etc/cni
+chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+
 # enable completion
 echo 'source <(kubectl completion bash)' >>/root/.bashrc
 
diff --git a/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh b/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
index 199a97872..b1d37aced 100644
--- a/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
+++ b/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/cri.sh
@@ -47,23 +47,75 @@ kernel.panic=10
 kernel.panic_on_oops=1
 EOF
 
+# Create containerd systemd unit
+cat >/etc/systemd/system/containerd.service <<'EOF'
+# Copyright The containerd Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containerd/containerd/main/containerd.service
+
+[Unit]
+Description=containerd container runtime
+Documentation=https://containerd.io
+After=network.target local-fs.target dbus.service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStartPre=-/sbin/modprobe overlay
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/containerd
+
+Type=notify
+Delegate=yes
+KillMode=process
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
+
+# Having non-zero Limit*s causes performance problems due to accounting overhead
+# in the kernel. We recommend using cgroups to do container-local accounting.
+LimitNPROC=infinity
+LimitCORE=infinity
+
+# Comment TasksMax if your systemd version does not supports it.
+# Only systemd 226 and above support this version.
+TasksMax=infinity
+OOMScoreAdjust=-999
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+EOF
+
 # Apply sysctl params without reboot
 sysctl --system
 
+ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
 CONTAINERD=1.7.16 # https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases
+RUNC=1.2.3 # https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases
+
+# Install runc
+wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.$ARCH
+wget https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/v$RUNC/runc.sha256sum
+sha256sum --check --ignore-missing runc.sha256sum
+install runc.$ARCH /usr/local/sbin/runc
 
 # Install containerd
-wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD}/cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz
-wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${CONTAINERD}/cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-sha256sum --check cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-tar --no-overwrite-dir -C / -xzf cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz
+wget https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v$CONTAINERD/containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+sha256sum --check containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
+tar -zxf containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz -C /usr/local
 
 # Cleanup
-rm -f cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz cri-containerd-cni-${CONTAINERD}-linux-${PACKER_ARCH}.tar.gz.sha256sum
-
-# Sets permission accordingly to CIS Benchmark
-chmod -R 644 /etc/cni
-chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+rm -f runc.$ARCH runc.sha256sum
+rm -f containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz containerd-$CONTAINERD-linux-$ARCH.tar.gz.sha256sum
 
 mkdir -p /etc/containerd
 containerd config default >/etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh b/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
index c6ffd45f0..95211d2fd 100644
--- a/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
+++ b/templates/node-image/1.29.4-ubuntu-22-04-containerd/scripts/kubernetes.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ systemctl enable kubelet
 
 kubeadm config images pull --kubernetes-version $KUBERNETES_VERSION
 
+# Sets permission accordingly to CIS Benchmark
+chmod -R 644 /etc/cni
+chown -R root:root /etc/cni
+
 # enable completion
 echo 'source <(kubectl completion bash)' >>/root/.bashrc