diff --git a/pkg/model/components/containerd.go b/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
index 1894931e53..86a25cdb64 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ func (b *ContainerdOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 				containerd.Runc = &kops.Runc{
 					Version: fi.PtrTo("1.1.5"),
 				}
+			case b.IsKubernetesGTE("1.27.2"):
+				containerd.Version = fi.PtrTo("1.7.2")
+				containerd.Runc = &kops.Runc{
+					Version: fi.PtrTo("1.1.7"),
+				}
 			default:
 				containerd.Version = fi.PtrTo("1.6.21")
 				containerd.Runc = &kops.Runc{
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/in-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/in-v1alpha2.yaml
index b62b1eb61a..092279b79b 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/in-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/minimal-1.27/in-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ spec:
   kubernetesApiAccess:
   - 0.0.0.0/0
   - ::/0
-  kubernetesVersion: v1.27.0
+  kubernetesVersion: v1.27.2
   masterPublicName: api.minimal.example.com
   networkCIDR: 172.20.0.0/16
   networking:
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
index 7318081a4e..712a344ea3 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ func findAllContainerdHashesAmd64() map[string]string {
 		"1.6.19": "3262454d9b3581f4d4da0948f77dde1be51cfc42347a1548bc9ab6870b055815",
 		"1.6.20": "bb9a9ccd6517e2a54da748a9f60dc9aa9d79d19d4724663f2386812f083968e2",
 		"1.6.21": "04dcc1b99368492caee758583e531392683268197e58156888a3cea2941117b6",
+		"1.7.0":  "b068b05d58025dc9f2fc336674cac0e377a478930f29b48e068f97c783a423f0",
+		"1.7.1":  "9504771bcb816d3b27fab37a6cf76928ee5e95a31eb41510a7d10ae726e01e85",
+		"1.7.2":  "2755c70152ab40856510b4549c2dd530e15f5355eb7bf82868e813c9380e22a7",
 	}
 
 	return hashes
@@ -266,6 +269,9 @@ func findAllContainerdHashesArm64() map[string]string {
 		"1.6.19": "25a0dd6cce4e1058824d6dc277fc01dc45da92539ccb39bb6c8a481c24d2476e",
 		"1.6.20": "c3e6a054b18b20fce06c7c3ed53f0989bb4b255c849bede446ebca955f07a9ce",
 		"1.6.21": "d713d8fbec491705ffe8c33ecc9051a904f6eedc92574928e1d33616f291c583",
+		"1.7.0":  "e7e5be2d9c92e076f1e2e15c9f0a6e0609ddb75f7616999b843cba92d01e4da2",
+		"1.7.1":  "1f828dc063e3c24b0840b284c5635b5a11b1197d564c97f9e873b220bab2b41b",
+		"1.7.2":  "d75a4ca53d9addd0b2c50172d168b12957e18b2d8b802db2658f2767f15889a6",
 	}
 
 	return hashes