diff --git a/pkg/model/components/containerd.go b/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
index 9a5824cf89..4a0bfe00a1 100644
--- a/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
+++ b/pkg/model/components/containerd.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (b *ContainerdOptionsBuilder) BuildOptions(o interface{}) error {
 		// Set version based on Kubernetes version
 		if fi.ValueOf(containerd.Version) == "" {
 			if b.IsKubernetesGTE("1.23") {
-				containerd.Version = fi.PtrTo("1.6.10")
+				containerd.Version = fi.PtrTo("1.6.12")
 				containerd.Runc = &kops.Runc{
 					Version: fi.PtrTo("1.1.4"),
 				}
diff --git a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
index fe54f51889..6440145e88 100644
--- a/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
+++ b/upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/containerd.go
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ func findAllContainerdHashesAmd64() map[string]string {
 		"1.6.8":  "3a1322c18ee5ff4b9bd5af6b7b30c923a3eab8af1df05554f530ef8e2b24ac5e",
 		"1.6.9":  "9ee2644bfb95b23123f96b564df2035ec94a46f64060ae12322e09a8ec3c2b53",
 		"1.6.10": "dd1f4730daf728822aea3ba35a440e14b1dfa8f1db97288a59a8666676a13637",
+		"1.6.11": "21870d7022c52f5f74336d440deffb208ba747b332a88e6369e2aecb69382e48",
+		"1.6.12": "a56c39795fd0d0ee356b4099a4dfa34689779f61afc858ef84c765c63e983a7d",
 	}
 
 	return hashes
@@ -244,6 +246,8 @@ func findAllContainerdHashesArm64() map[string]string {
 		"1.6.8":  "b114e36ecce78cef9d611416c01b784a420928c82766d6df7dc02b10d9da94cd",
 		"1.6.9":  "140197aee930a8bd8a69ff8e0161e56305751be66e899dccd833c27d139f4f47",
 		"1.6.10": "6d655e80a843f480e1c1cead18479185251581ff2d4a2e2e5eb88ad5b5e3d937",
+		"1.6.11": "1b34d8ff067da482af021dac325dc4e993d7356c0bd9dc8e5a3bb8271c1532de",
+		"1.6.12": "0a0133336596b2d1dcafe3587eb91ab302afc28f273614e0e02300694b5457a0",
 	}
 
 	return hashes