diff --git a/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1 b/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
index 344507518e6..ef1b4447661 100644
--- a/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
+++ b/cluster/gce/windows/k8s-node-setup.psm1
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ function Install_Containerd {
   New-Item $tmp_dir -ItemType 'directory' -Force | Out-Null
 
   # TODO(ibrahimab) Change this to a gcs bucket with CI maintained and accessible by community.
-  $version = '1.4.4'
+  $version = '1.5.4'
   $tar_url = ("https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/download/v${version}/" +
               "cri-containerd-cni-${version}-windows-amd64.tar.gz")
   $sha_url = $tar_url + ".sha256sum"