diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
index 422bddfaf4771bf83e00d83f668e7d29315505ea..2b5ddd379ab72bedd946761539c9174dfe793c7a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ crio_stream_port: "10010"
 crio_required_version: "{{ kube_version | regex_replace('^v(?P<major>\\d+).(?P<minor>\\d+).(?P<patch>\\d+)$', '\\g<major>.\\g<minor>') }}"
 
 crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
-  "1.23": "1.22"
+  "1.23": "1.23"
   "1.22": "1.22"
   "1.21": "1.21"
 
-crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.22') }}"
+crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.23') }}"
 
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes:
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
index f2a45e03011e11deed5a09ff8d3d1920572effb0..51cb228c99accd4525bd4c0722669154057e98dc 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 crio_storage_driver: "overlay"
 
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.23":
+    - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
     - "cri-o-1.22.*"
   "1.21":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
index 99c3cbe8ca7be35e5f1343a4f0ce9dd16fa830ae..423c3322e404040ba213b46090c95e5fbd4f86b8 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.23":
+    - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
     - "cri-o-1.22.*"
   "1.21":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
index 99c3cbe8ca7be35e5f1343a4f0ce9dd16fa830ae..423c3322e404040ba213b46090c95e5fbd4f86b8 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.23":
+    - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
     - "cri-o-1.22.*"
   "1.21":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
index c8694c5baa822a17f63da698baf7d46e54fc529e..d91ebe1c5843c11e1eec65c6ee89eed851c5d22a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.23":
+    - "cri-o=1.23*"
+    - cri-o-runc
   "1.22":
     - "cri-o=1.22*"
     - cri-o-runc
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
index c155ea093705e317d67db732c6b1c08a32498f36..b97e0599f6dad47aa621f576841683e4e4e2b426 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.23":
+    - "cri-o=1.23*"
+    - cri-o-runc
   "1.22":
     - "cri-o=1.22*"
     - cri-o-runc