diff --git a/api/next.pb.txt b/api/next.pb.txt
index 0519c7647..4e5795c73 100644
--- a/api/next.pb.txt
+++ b/api/next.pb.txt
@@ -881,6 +881,13 @@ file {
       type: TYPE_STRING
       json_name: "variant"
     }
+    field {
+      name: "os_version"
+      number: 4
+      label: LABEL_OPTIONAL
+      type: TYPE_STRING
+      json_name: "osVersion"
+    }
   }
   options {
     go_package: "github.com/containerd/containerd/v2/api/types;types"
diff --git a/api/types/platform.pb.go b/api/types/platform.pb.go
index 5162fe689..4c14d3e11 100644
--- a/api/types/platform.pb.go
+++ b/api/types/platform.pb.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type Platform struct {
 	OS           string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=os,proto3" json:"os,omitempty"`
 	Architecture string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=architecture,proto3" json:"architecture,omitempty"`
 	Variant      string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=variant,proto3" json:"variant,omitempty"`
+	OSVersion    string `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=os_version,json=osVersion,proto3" json:"os_version,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *Platform) Reset() {
@@ -100,6 +101,13 @@ func (x *Platform) GetVariant() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *Platform) GetOsVersion() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.OSVersion
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 var File_github_com_containerd_containerd_api_types_platform_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_github_com_containerd_containerd_api_types_platform_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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 var (
diff --git a/api/types/platform.proto b/api/types/platform.proto
index 85e2ecb45..9d76b9e3c 100644
--- a/api/types/platform.proto
+++ b/api/types/platform.proto
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ message Platform {
 	string os = 1;
 	string architecture = 2;
 	string variant = 3;
+	string os_version = 4;
 }
diff --git a/api/types/platform_helpers.go b/api/types/platform_helpers.go
index 7e662e9bb..d8c1a6877 100644
--- a/api/types/platform_helpers.go
+++ b/api/types/platform_helpers.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ func OCIPlatformToProto(platforms []oci.Platform) []*Platform {
 	for i := range platforms {
 		ap[i] = &Platform{
 			OS:           platforms[i].OS,
+			OSVersion:    platforms[i].OSVersion,
 			Architecture: platforms[i].Architecture,
 			Variant:      platforms[i].Variant,
 		}
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func OCIPlatformFromProto(platforms []*Platform) []oci.Platform {
 	for i := range platforms {
 		op[i] = oci.Platform{
 			OS:           platforms[i].OS,
+			OSVersion:    platforms[i].OSVersion,
 			Architecture: platforms[i].Architecture,
 			Variant:      platforms[i].Variant,
 		}