diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0bffbdf5b..392d3af50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: powershell
         run: |
           # Get critctl tool. Used for cri-integration tests
-          $CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.21.0/crictl-v1.21.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz"
+          $CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.26.0/crictl-v1.26.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz"
           curl.exe -L $CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL -o c:\crictl.tar.gz
           tar -xvf c:\crictl.tar.gz
           mv crictl.exe "${{ github.workspace }}/bin/crictl.exe" # Move crictl somewhere in path
diff --git a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1 b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
index 1f5c83856..aaa147de8 100644
--- a/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
+++ b/script/setup/prepare_env_windows.ps1
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ cat c:\Logs\go-env.txt
 go install github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report@v0.9.1
 
 # Get critctl tool. Used for cri-integration tests
-$CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.21.0/crictl-v1.21.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz"
+$CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.26.0/crictl-v1.26.0-windows-amd64.tar.gz"
 curl.exe -L $CRICTL_DOWNLOAD_URL -o c:\crictl.tar.gz
 tar -xvf c:\crictl.tar.gz
 mv crictl.exe "${userGoBin}\crictl.exe" # Move crictl somewhere in path