diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
index afd5e28ff006..71fd0ae60593 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ sha256 d8df47708ca57b9cd7f498055126ba7dcfc811d9ba43aae1830c93a09e70e22d  nerdctl
 sha256 a53d87fc7d1f4ffeec55e5e08d2397b02ada0d334874c3cece306ad36f828a6c  nerdctl-1.7.5-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 4fa0a6e936c7a9cb9bb81e784fddaa593cb00afb48b08842e3f0503748c21348  nerdctl-1.7.6-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 230ad8f4f88100774d123213a427d3d43071e0dcf9f70efbea50ab9efff1cd4c  nerdctl-1.7.7-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+sha256 c50ba98be0ef05684948f7873078558504a7cc46ff92cffc764c1625b1cd0d40  nerdctl-2.0.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
index 9a3f834c788a..1c45f7e7583a 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = 1.7.7
-NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = 5882c720f4e7f358fb26b759e514b3ae9dd8ea83
+NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = 2.0.2
+NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = 1220ce7ec2701d485a9b1beeea63dae3da134fb5
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_SITE = https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_SOURCE = nerdctl-$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
index af8717f8afac..11eaa89e9618 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ sha256 71aee9d987b7fad0ff2ade50b038ad7e2356324edc02c54045960a3521b3e6a7  nerdctl
 sha256 775f8bddd5e93acc4162c568dd6b84d5925549180991b83cfd4b7e33d4844921  nerdctl-1.7.5-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 0326d6a42dbec5c104ed9d7aa8cbc62727433dbe000cf21cc29d06b22507e0f0  nerdctl-1.7.6-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 298bb95aee485b24d566115ef7e4e90951dd232447b05de5646a652a23db70a9  nerdctl-1.7.7-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+sha256 1ba015dba039cf6ec2434e88d97707f0b715790e6b7f2e7b6ff7be9200f47bc1  nerdctl-2.0.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
index ae5f6baf0f4a..50966c421952 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # 
 ################################################################################
 
-NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION = 1.7.7
-NERDCTL_BIN_COMMIT = 5882c720f4e7f358fb26b759e514b3ae9dd8ea83
+NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION = 2.0.2
+NERDCTL_BIN_COMMIT = 1220ce7ec2701d485a9b1beeea63dae3da134fb5
 NERDCTL_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v$(NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION)
 NERDCTL_BIN_SOURCE = nerdctl-$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 NERDCTL_BIN_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index ac9e4ce6a02b..d886f5b41fd8 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ARG CRI_DOCKERD_VERSION="v0.3.15"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_COMMIT="c1c566e0cc84abe6972f0bf857ecd8fe306258d9"
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION="v1.4.0"
 ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG NERDCTL_VERSION="1.7.7"
+ARG NERDCTL_VERSION="2.0.2"
 ARG NERDCTLD_VERSION="0.6.1"
 
 # copy in static files (configs, scripts)