diff --git a/tools/gate/deploy-k8s.sh b/tools/gate/deploy-k8s.sh
index 06b54522f..bceabecf9 100755
--- a/tools/gate/deploy-k8s.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/deploy-k8s.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ sudo -E apt-get update
 sudo -E apt-get install -y \
   docker-ce \
   docker-ce-cli \
-  containerd.io \
+  containerd.io=1.5.11-1 \
   socat \
   jq \
   util-linux \