diff --git a/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux.go b/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux.go
index f2cce470c..c77f12bd8 100644
--- a/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux.go
+++ b/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	runcoptions "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/runtime/v2/runc/options"
 	criconfig "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/config"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/systemd"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/systemd"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 )
diff --git a/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux_test.go b/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux_test.go
index e42547974..027fc6814 100644
--- a/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux_test.go
+++ b/internal/cri/server/runtime_config_linux_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	criconfig "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/config"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/systemd"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/internal/cri/systemd"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/util.go b/internal/cri/systemd/util.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/systemd/util.go
rename to internal/cri/systemd/util.go