diff --git a/contrib/ansible/README.md b/contrib/ansible/README.md
index bbe05d3ff..69f73e281 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/README.md
+++ b/contrib/ansible/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ $ cat hosts
 ## Step 1:
 At this point, the ansible playbook should be able to ssh into the machines in the hosts file.
 ```console
-git clone https://github.com/containerd/cri
-cd ./cri/contrib/ansible
+git clone https://github.com/containerd/containerd
+cd ./contrib/ansible
 ansible-playbook -i hosts cri-containerd.yaml
 ```
 A typical cloud login might have a username and private key file, in which case the following can be used:
diff --git a/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml b/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
index 9ae0e0680..1ad521bc7 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
-containerd_release_version: 1.3.0
+containerd_release_version: 1.5.5
 cni_bin_dir: /opt/cni/bin/
 cni_conf_dir: /etc/cni/net.d/