diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 18cea2e8e1..dbf4a3d194 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ RUN git init . && git remote add origin "https://github.com/containerd/container
 # integration tests. The distributed docker .deb and .rpm packages depend on a
 # separate (containerd.io) package, which may be a different version as is
 # specified here.
-ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.7.28
+ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v2.1.4
 RUN git fetch -q --depth 1 origin "${CONTAINERD_VERSION}" +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* && git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
 
 FROM base AS containerd-build
diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows b/Dockerfile.windows
index 11630f645b..e528df7b5e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.windows
+++ b/Dockerfile.windows
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ ARG GOTESTSUM_VERSION=v1.13.0
 
 # GOWINRES_VERSION is the version of go-winres to install.
 ARG GOWINRES_VERSION=v0.3.3
-ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v1.7.28
+
+# TODO: Update containerd version to match Linux version once 
+# https://github.com/microsoft/hcsshim/issues/2488 is resolved.
+ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION=v2.0.6
 
 # Environment variable notes:
 #  - GO_VERSION must be consistent with 'Dockerfile' used by Linux.
diff --git a/hack/dockerfile/install/containerd.installer b/hack/dockerfile/install/containerd.installer
index 2c00c90d8c..bab52e305d 100755
--- a/hack/dockerfile/install/containerd.installer
+++ b/hack/dockerfile/install/containerd.installer
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ set -e
 # as is specified here.
 #
 # Generally, the commit specified here should match a tagged release.
-: "${CONTAINERD_VERSION:=v1.7.28}"
+: "${CONTAINERD_VERSION:=v2.1.4}"
 
 install_containerd() (
 	echo "Install containerd version $CONTAINERD_VERSION"