diff --git a/RELEASES.md b/RELEASES.md
index c6b379ee3..4c825f25a 100644
--- a/RELEASES.md
+++ b/RELEASES.md
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ The deprecated properties in [`config.toml`](./docs/cri/config.md) are shown in
 > **Note**
 >
 > CNI Config Template (`plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".cni.conf_template`) was once deprecated in v1.7.0,
-> but its deprecation was cancelled in v1.7.2.
+> but its deprecation was cancelled in v1.7.3.
 
 <details><summary>Example: runc option <code>SystemdCgroup</code></summary><p>
 
diff --git a/pkg/cri/config/config.go b/pkg/cri/config/config.go
index 5487f8b28..3966e549a 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/config/config.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ type CniConfig struct {
 	// need to fetch the node object through some external process (which has scalability, auth, complexity issues).
 	// It is currently heavily used in kubernetes-containerd CI testing
 	// NetworkPluginConfTemplate was once deprecated in containerd v1.7.0,
-	// but its deprecation was cancelled in v1.7.2.
+	// but its deprecation was cancelled in v1.7.3.
 	NetworkPluginConfTemplate string `toml:"conf_template" json:"confTemplate"`
 	// IPPreference specifies the strategy to use when selecting the main IP address for a pod.
 	//