diff --git a/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go b/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
index 660d09bab..aaddfd1db 100644
--- a/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
+++ b/pkg/server/sandbox_run.go
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ func (c *criService) generateSandboxContainerSpec(id string, config *runtime.Pod
 	)
 	if nsOptions.GetNetwork() == runtime.NamespaceMode_NODE {
 		specOpts = append(specOpts, customopts.WithoutNamespace(runtimespec.NetworkNamespace))
+		specOpts = append(specOpts, customopts.WithoutNamespace(runtimespec.UTSNamespace))
 	} else {
 		//TODO(Abhi): May be move this to containerd spec opts (WithLinuxSpaceOption)
 		specOpts = append(specOpts, oci.WithLinuxNamespace(
diff --git a/pkg/server/sandbox_run_test.go b/pkg/server/sandbox_run_test.go
index 1c8a497a7..244a94a1c 100644
--- a/pkg/server/sandbox_run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/sandbox_run_test.go
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ func TestGenerateSandboxContainerSpec(t *testing.T) {
 					Type: runtimespec.NetworkNamespace,
 					Path: nsPath,
 				})
+				assert.Contains(t, spec.Linux.Namespaces, runtimespec.LinuxNamespace{
+					Type: runtimespec.UTSNamespace,
+				})
 				assert.Contains(t, spec.Linux.Namespaces, runtimespec.LinuxNamespace{
 					Type: runtimespec.PIDNamespace,
 				})
@@ -125,6 +128,9 @@ func TestGenerateSandboxContainerSpec(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.NotContains(t, spec.Linux.Namespaces, runtimespec.LinuxNamespace{
 					Type: runtimespec.NetworkNamespace,
 				})
+				assert.NotContains(t, spec.Linux.Namespaces, runtimespec.LinuxNamespace{
+					Type: runtimespec.UTSNamespace,
+				})
 				assert.NotContains(t, spec.Linux.Namespaces, runtimespec.LinuxNamespace{
 					Type: runtimespec.PIDNamespace,
 				})