diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_push.yml b/.github/workflows/build_push.yml
index 66f6269..547dfdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_push.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
   INSTALLER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-installer
   MANAGER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-manager
   CRIU_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-criu
-  CRIU_VERSION: 116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+  CRIU_VERSION: v4.2
 
 jobs:
   push_to_registry:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_push_commit.yml b/.github/workflows/build_push_commit.yml
index 48f01b0..8577526 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_push_commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_push_commit.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ env:
   INSTALLER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-installer
   MANAGER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-manager
   CRIU_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-criu
-  CRIU_VERSION: 116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+  CRIU_VERSION: v4.2
 
 jobs:
   push_to_registry:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_push_criu.yml b/.github/workflows/build_push_criu.yml
index f36f2b0..0b9d358 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_push_criu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_push_criu.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
   CRIU_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-criu
-  CRIU_VERSION: 116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+  CRIU_VERSION: v4.2
 
 jobs:
   push_to_registry:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02a5d51..1c12ccb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ TAG := dev
 INSTALLER_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(NAMESPACE)/zeropod-installer:$(TAG)
 MANAGER_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(NAMESPACE)/zeropod-manager:$(TAG)
 TEST_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(NAMESPACE)/zeropod-test:$(TAG)
-# includes fix for https://github.com/checkpoint-restore/criu/issues/2532
-CRIU_VERSION := 116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+CRIU_VERSION := v4.2
 CRIU_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(NAMESPACE)/zeropod-criu:$(CRIU_VERSION)
 DOCKER_SOCK := /var/run/docker.sock
 EBPF_IMAGE := $(REGISTRY)/$(NAMESPACE)/zeropod-ebpf:$(TAG)
diff --git a/cmd/installer/main.go b/cmd/installer/main.go
index 97ec1c5..76314dd 100644
--- a/cmd/installer/main.go
+++ b/cmd/installer/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	criuImage      = flag.String("criu-image", "ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e", "criu image to use.")
+	criuImage      = flag.String("criu-image", "ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:v4.2", "criu image to use.")
 	runtime        = flag.String("runtime", "containerd", "specifies which runtime to configure. containerd/k3s/rke2")
 	hostOptPath    = flag.String("host-opt-path", defaultOptPath, "path where zeropod binaries are stored on the host")
 	uninstall      = flag.Bool("uninstall", false, "uninstalls zeropod by cleaning up all the files the installer created")
diff --git a/cmd/manager/Dockerfile b/cmd/manager/Dockerfile
index 77b474e..5b4ae66 100644
--- a/cmd/manager/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/manager/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG CRIU_IMAGE=ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+ARG CRIU_IMAGE=ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:v4.2
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.25 AS builder
 
diff --git a/config/production/kustomization.yaml b/config/production/kustomization.yaml
index 59319d0..ac35a84 100644
--- a/config/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ patches:
 - patch: |-
     - op: add
       path: /spec/template/spec/initContainers/0/args/-
-      value: -criu-image=ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:116991736c7641258a5b7f53f5079b90fc80b99e
+      value: -criu-image=ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-criu:v4.2
   target:
     kind: DaemonSet
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
diff --git a/criu/always-lazy.patch b/criu/always-lazy.patch
index 487e0dc..3119bbc 100644
--- a/criu/always-lazy.patch
+++ b/criu/always-lazy.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 diff --git a/criu/cr-service.c b/criu/cr-service.c
-index 61a04c5ff..c0cce482e 100644
+index dccf4ef38..bb30c4c98 100644
 --- a/criu/cr-service.c
 +++ b/criu/cr-service.c
-@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ int exec_rpc_query_external_files(char *name, int sk)
- 
- static char images_dir[PATH_MAX];
+@@ -393,6 +393,12 @@ static int setup_logging_from_req(CriuOpts *req, bool output_changed_by_rpc_conf
+ 	return 0;
+ }
  
 +bool file_exists(char *filename)
 +{
@@ -15,24 +15,24 @@ index 61a04c5ff..c0cce482e 100644
  static int setup_opts_from_req(int sk, CriuOpts *req)
  {
  	struct ucred ids;
-@@ -293,6 +299,7 @@ static int setup_opts_from_req(int sk, CriuOpts *req)
- 	char images_dir_path[PATH_MAX];
- 	char work_dir_path[PATH_MAX];
+@@ -400,6 +406,7 @@ static int setup_opts_from_req(int sk, CriuOpts *req)
+ 	socklen_t ids_len = sizeof(struct ucred);
+ 	char images_dir_path[PATH_MAX] = "";
  	char status_fd[PATH_MAX];
 +	char lazy_pages_socket_path[PATH_MAX];
  	bool output_changed_by_rpc_conf = false;
  	bool work_changed_by_rpc_conf = false;
  	bool imgs_changed_by_rpc_conf = false;
-@@ -554,6 +561,14 @@ static int setup_opts_from_req(int sk, CriuOpts *req)
+@@ -522,6 +529,14 @@ static int setup_opts_from_req(int sk, CriuOpts *req)
  		opts.lazy_pages = req->lazy_pages;
  	}
  
-+	strcpy(lazy_pages_socket_path, images_dir);
-+	strcat(lazy_pages_socket_path, "/lazy-pages.socket");
-+
-+	if (file_exists(lazy_pages_socket_path)) {
-+		// always enable lazy-pages if the socket exists
-+		opts.lazy_pages = true;
++	if (resolve_images_dir_path(lazy_pages_socket_path, imgs_changed_by_rpc_conf, req, ids.pid) == 0) {
++		strcat(lazy_pages_socket_path, "/lazy-pages.socket");
++		if (file_exists(lazy_pages_socket_path)) {
++			// always enable lazy-pages if the socket exists
++			opts.lazy_pages = true;
++		}
 +	}
 +
  	if (req->has_pre_dump_mode) {