diff --git a/tests/common.bash b/tests/common.bash
index c6fbf71a78..20330a981d 100644
--- a/tests/common.bash
+++ b/tests/common.bash
@@ -263,14 +263,34 @@ function overwrite_containerd_config() {
 	sudo rm -f "${containerd_config}"
 	sudo tee "${containerd_config}" << EOF
 version = 2
-[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options]
-  SystemdCgroup = true
 
 [plugins]
   [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri"]
     [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd]
-      default_runtime_name = "kata"
       [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes]
+        [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc]
+          base_runtime_spec = ""
+          cni_conf_dir = ""
+          cni_max_conf_num = 0
+          container_annotations = []
+          pod_annotations = []
+          privileged_without_host_devices = false
+          runtime_engine = ""
+          runtime_path = ""
+          runtime_root = ""
+          runtime_type = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
+          [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.runc.options]
+            BinaryName = ""
+            CriuImagePath = ""
+            CriuPath = ""
+            CriuWorkPath = ""
+            IoGid = 0
+            IoUid = 0
+            NoNewKeyring = false
+            NoPivotRoot = false
+            Root = ""
+            ShimCgroup = ""
+            SystemdCgroup = false
         [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.kata]
           runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata.v2"
 EOF