diff --git a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 9a9d04e48f..0bc99e9808 100644
--- a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ contents:
     default_env = [
         "NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=no",
     ]
-    default_runtime = "runc"
+    default_runtime = "crun"
     log_level = "info"
     cgroup_manager = "systemd"
     default_sysctls = [
diff --git a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 98cd89daec..59a560e191 100644
--- a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ contents:
     default_sysctls = [
         "net.ipv4.ping_group_range=0 2147483647",
     ]
-    default_runtime = "runc"
+    default_runtime = "crun"
     hooks_dir = [
         "/etc/containers/oci/hooks.d",
         "/run/containers/oci/hooks.d",