diff --git a/contrib/ansible/tasks/binaries.yaml b/contrib/ansible/tasks/binaries.yaml
index 808c7a72a..b34144f75 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/tasks/binaries.yaml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/tasks/binaries.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: "Get Containerd"
   unarchive:
-    src: "https://storage.googleapis.com/cri-containerd-release/cri-containerd-{{ cri_containerd_release_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
+    src: "https://storage.googleapis.com/cri-containerd-release/cri-containerd-{{ containerd_release_version }}.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
     dest: "/"
     remote_src: yes
 
diff --git a/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml b/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
index d9c828a4c..d56dbe412 100644
--- a/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
+++ b/contrib/ansible/vars/vars.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
-cri_containerd_release_version: 1.0.0-beta.0
+containerd_release_version: 1.1.0-rc.0
 cni_bin_dir: /opt/cni/bin/
 cni_conf_dir: /etc/cni/net.d/