diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dca94ecbe..eb9de9550 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ uninstall:
 
 ifeq ($(GOOS),windows)
 install-deps:
-	script/setup/install-runc
+	# TODO: need a script for hcshim something like containerd/cri/hack/install/windows/install-hcsshim.sh
 	script/setup/install-critools
 	script/setup/install-cni-windows
 else
diff --git a/script/setup/critools-version b/script/setup/critools-version
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b045f193d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/setup/critools-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0f5f734a7e1da0979915c6e7d5b6641bd9dc2627
diff --git a/script/setup/install-critools b/script/setup/install-critools
index 058c2d2d5..232dfbcf5 100755
--- a/script/setup/install-critools
+++ b/script/setup/install-critools
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@
 #
 set -eu -o pipefail
 
+script_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "$0")" > /dev/null 2>&1; pwd -P)"
+
 cd "$GOPATH"
 go get -u github.com/onsi/ginkgo/ginkgo
-CRITEST_COMMIT=0f5f734a7e1da0979915c6e7d5b6641bd9dc2627
+
+: "${CRITEST_COMMIT:=$(cat "${script_dir}/critools-version")}"
 
 TMPROOT=$(mktemp -d)
 git clone https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools.git "${TMPROOT}"/cri-tools