diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9aea4217d2b8b77293148d972e1a2f8678a436a6..08d60a392e342e922aa5569e401603b84135d81b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ Note: Upstart/SysV init based OS types are not supported.
   - [etcd](https://github.com/coreos/etcd) v3.4.13
   - [docker](https://www.docker.com/) v19.03 (see note)
   - [containerd](https://containerd.io/) v1.4.4
-  - [cri-o](http://cri-o.io/) v1.20 (experimental: see [CRI-O Note](docs/cri-o.md). Only on fedora, ubuntu and centos based OS)
+  - [cri-o](http://cri-o.io/) v1.21 (experimental: see [CRI-O Note](docs/cri-o.md). Only on fedora, ubuntu and centos based OS)
 - Network Plugin
   - [cni-plugins](https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins) v0.9.1
   - [calico](https://github.com/projectcalico/calico) v3.17.4
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
index c52ca8e262811706d8d74652954193b001e790e9..742d94985be3d318b543c40f9c779475365c355c 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
   "1.20": "1.20"
   "1.19": "1.19"
 
-crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.20') }}"
+crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.21') }}"
 
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes:
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
index e8efe8ac86d27f1b36114becebabda4842336b6b..f5fb251d80288244cadba95b1e399c49d6068848 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
@@ -4,3 +4,10 @@ crio_packages:
   - cri-tools
 
 crio_conmon: /usr/libexec/crio/conmon
+
+# Fedora doesn't have cri-o 1.21 packages
+crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
+  "1.21": "1.20"
+  "1.20": "1.20"
+  "1.19": "1.19"
+crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.20') }}"