diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index ea48d5eff3..83051d33b8 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -371,3 +371,20 @@ function download_github_project_tarball() {
 
 	wget https://github.com/${project}/releases/download/${version}/${tarball_name}
 }
+
+# base_version: The version to be intalled in the ${major}.${minor} format
+function install_cri_containerd() {
+	base_version="${1}"
+
+	project="containerd/containerd"
+	version=$(get_latest_patch_release_from_a_github_project "${project}" "${base_version}")
+
+	tarball_name="cri-containerd-cni-${version//v}-linux-$(${repo_root_dir}/tests/kata-arch.sh -g).tar.gz"
+
+	download_github_project_tarball "${project}" "${version}" "${tarball_name}"
+	sudo tar -xvf "${tarball_name}" -C /
+	rm -f "${tarball_name}"
+
+	sudo mkdir -p /etc/containerd
+	containerd config default | sudo tee /etc/containerd/config.toml
+}