diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 5ad6c05fe8..87b4777b44 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func ConvertContainer(container *parser.UnitFile, isUser bool) (*parser.UnitFile
 	// We use crun as the runtime and delegated groups to it
 	service.Add(ServiceGroup, "Delegate", "yes")
 	podman.add(
-		"--runtime", "/usr/bin/crun",
+		"--runtime", "crun",
 		"--cgroups=split")
 
 	timezone, ok := container.Lookup(ContainerGroup, KeyTimezone)
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
index 91e12ceb9c..b37ca66f5b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm --log-driver passthrough --runtime /usr/bin/crun --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon  -d localhost/imagename
+## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm --log-driver passthrough --runtime crun --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon  -d localhost/imagename
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
index 3896f28c93..21203179d6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 ## assert-podman-args "--replace"
 ## assert-podman-args "-d"
 ## assert-podman-args "--log-driver" "passthrough"
-## assert-podman-args "--runtime" "/usr/bin/crun"
+## assert-podman-args "--runtime" "crun"
 ## assert-podman-args "--cgroups=split"
 ## assert-podman-args "--sdnotify=conmon"
 ## assert-key-is "Unit" "RequiresMountsFor" "%t/containers"