diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
index 42dfd928a0..df83cc8e42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
+        containerd_version: ['lts', 'active']
         vmm: ['clh', 'qemu']
     runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2204
     env:
+      CONTAINERD_VERSION: ${{ matrix.containerd_version }}
       GOPATH: ${{ github.workspace }}
       KATA_HYPERVSIOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
     steps:
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index b09b8fc172..a1ce76f9ff 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ externals:
     # instead of abstract socket, thus kata wouldn's support the containerd's
     # version older than them.
     version: "v1.6.8"
+    lts: "v1.6"
+    active: "v1.7"
 
   critools:
     description: "CLI tool for Container Runtime Interface (CRI)"