diff --git a/docs/how-to/containerd-kata.md b/docs/how-to/containerd-kata.md
index a2a1cde7e7..1a52c7c1de 100644
--- a/docs/how-to/containerd-kata.md
+++ b/docs/how-to/containerd-kata.md
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ $ popd
 By default, the configuration of containerd is located at `/etc/containerd/config.toml`, and the 
 `cri` plugins are placed in the following section:
 
+For containerd v1.x:
 ```toml
 [plugins]
   [plugins.cri]
@@ -118,6 +119,13 @@ By default, the configuration of containerd is located at `/etc/containerd/confi
       # conf_dir is the directory in which the admin places a CNI conf.
       conf_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d"
 ```
+For containerd v2.x:
+```toml
+[plugins]
+  [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime']
+    [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime'.containerd]
+      #default_runtime_name = 'runc'
+```
 
 The following sections outline how to add Kata Containers to the configurations.
 
@@ -136,6 +144,7 @@ The following configuration includes two runtime classes:
   where the dot-connected string `io.containerd.kata.v2` is translated to `containerd-shim-kata-v2` (i.e. the 
   binary name of the Kata implementation of [Containerd Runtime V2 (Shim API)](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/tree/main/core/runtime/v2)).
 
+For containerd v1.x:
 ```toml
     [plugins.cri.containerd]
       no_pivot = false
@@ -158,6 +167,17 @@ The following configuration includes two runtime classes:
             ConfigPath = "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration.toml"
 ```
 
+For containerd v2.x:
+```toml
+      [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime'.containerd.runtimes]
+        [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime'.containerd.runtimes.runc]
+          runtime_type = 'io.containerd.runc.v2'
+          runtime_path = ''
+        [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime'.containerd.runtimes.kata]
+          runtime_type = 'io.containerd.kata.v2'
+          runtime_path = ''
+```
+
 `privileged_without_host_devices` tells containerd that a privileged Kata container should not have direct access to all host devices. If unset, containerd will pass all host devices to Kata container, which may cause security issues.
 
 `pod_annotations` is the list of pod annotations passed to both the pod sandbox as well as container through the OCI config.
@@ -191,11 +211,19 @@ You can find more information on the [Containerd config documentation](https://g
 
 If you want to set Kata Containers as the only runtime in the deployment, you can simply configure as follows:
 
+For containerd v1.x:
 ```toml
     [plugins.cri.containerd]
     [plugins.cri.containerd.default_runtime]
       runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata.v2"
 ```
+For containerd v2.x:
+```toml
+[plugins]
+  [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime']
+    [plugins.'io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime'.containerd]
+      default_runtime_name = 'kata'
+```
 
 ### Configuration for `cri-tools`