diff --git a/cmd/containerd/builtins/cri.go b/cmd/containerd/builtins/cri.go
index 5c88cb9e4..4e68b40dd 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/builtins/cri.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/builtins/cri.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 package builtins
 
 import (
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/runtime"
 )
diff --git a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
index 6c4888748..a5e5c2c1b 100644
--- a/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
+++ b/contrib/fuzz/builtins.go
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ package fuzz
 import (
 	// base containerd imports
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/core/runtime/v2"
-	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/cri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/events/plugin"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/pkg/nri/plugin"
+	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/images"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/cri/runtime"
 	_ "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/plugins/diff/walking/plugin"
diff --git a/pkg/cri/cri.go b/plugins/cri/cri.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/cri/cri.go
rename to plugins/cri/cri.go