diff --git a/script/setup/crun-version b/script/setup/crun-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c99cf0e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/setup/crun-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.4.4
diff --git a/script/setup/install-runc b/script/setup/install-runc
index 7e0437c9b..aa9f7bdbb 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-runc
+++ b/script/setup/install-runc
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 #
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
-function install_runc() {
-	script_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" > /dev/null 2>&1; pwd -P)"
+script_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" > /dev/null 2>&1; pwd -P)"
 
+function install_runc() {
 	# When updating runc-version, consider updating the runc module in go.mod as well
 	: "${RUNC_VERSION:=$(cat "${script_dir}/runc-version")}"
 
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ function install_runc() {
 }
 
 function install_crun() {
-	CRUN_VERSION=1.3
-	curl -o /usr/local/sbin/runc -L https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/"${CRUN_VERSION}"/crun-"${CRUN_VERSION}"-linux-"$(go env GOARCH)"
+	: "${CRUN_VERSION:=$(cat "${script_dir}/crun-version")}"
+	curl -S -o /usr/local/sbin/runc -L https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/"${CRUN_VERSION}"/crun-"${CRUN_VERSION}"-linux-"$(go env GOARCH)"
 	chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/runc
 }