diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
index 1b9589a3a8..b4bf0fe470 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yaml
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ steps:
       arch: "amd64"
   - <<: *common
     <<: *docker
-    label: ":docker: Containerd 1.6.2 tests (cgroupv1)"
-    command: make containerd-test-1.6.2
+    label: ":docker: Containerd 1.7.25 tests (cgroupv1)"
+    command: make containerd-test-1.7.25
     agents:
       <<: *platform_specific_agents
       <<: *ubuntu_agents
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ steps:
   - <<: *common
     <<: *docker
     <<: *source_test
-    label: ":docker: Containerd 1.6.2 tests (cgroupv2)"
-    command: make containerd-test-1.6.2
+    label: ":docker: Containerd 1.7.25 tests (cgroupv2)"
+    command: make containerd-test-1.7.25
     agents:
       <<: *ubuntu_agents
       cgroup: "v2"
diff --git a/test/root/crictl_test.go b/test/root/crictl_test.go
index e5b5d7a992..95c5c08fe3 100644
--- a/test/root/crictl_test.go
+++ b/test/root/crictl_test.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func TestHomeDir(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
-const containerdRuntime = "runsc"
+const containerdRuntime = "runc"
 
 // containerdConfigv14 is the containerd (1.4-) configuration file that
 // configures the gVisor shim.