diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
index 740adbc6b11ff3b5139853e692b13282d17755dc..60deaac4b7ce4b2ed5fd3cc15daa58720eed5658 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
+default_crio_packages:
+  - cri-o-1.19.0
 
-crio_packages:
-  - cri-o
-  - oci-systemd-hook
+crio_packages: "{{ centos_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
index 1211808799c9db34be4c495f23445dbb81c6f94b..60deaac4b7ce4b2ed5fd3cc15daa58720eed5658 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+default_crio_packages:
+  - cri-o-1.19.0
 
-crio_packages:
-  - cri-o
+crio_packages: "{{ centos_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
index cc9ca84425e03ad9006d42af7705a3f9ef0705aa..06343113e43302f59ce28708637c5346f276756d 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ---
+default_crio_packages:
+  - "cri-o=1.19.0~0"
+  - "cri-o-runc=1.0.0-6"
 
-crio_packages:
-  - "cri-o"
-  - "cri-o-runc"
+crio_packages: "{{ ubuntu_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
 
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes: