diff --git a/internal/versions/versions.go b/internal/versions/versions.go
index 2dd96bde1..234d6bdf5 100644
--- a/internal/versions/versions.go
+++ b/internal/versions/versions.go
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ var VersionConfigs = map[ValidK8sVersion]KubernetesVersion{
 				Extract:     true,
 			},
 			{
-				URL:         "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.26.1/crictl-v1.26.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz", // renovate:crictl-release
-				Hash:        "sha256:0c1a0f9900c15ee7a55e757bcdc220faca5dd2e1cfc120459ad1f04f08598127",
+				URL:         "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.27.0/crictl-v1.27.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz", // renovate:crictl-release
+				Hash:        "sha256:d335d6e16c309fbc3ff1a29a7e49bb253b5c9b4b030990bf7c6b48687f985cee",
 				InstallPath: constants.BinDir,
 				Extract:     true,
 			},
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ var VersionConfigs = map[ValidK8sVersion]KubernetesVersion{
 				Extract:     true,
 			},
 			{
-				URL:         "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.26.1/crictl-v1.26.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz", // renovate:crictl-release
-				Hash:        "sha256:0c1a0f9900c15ee7a55e757bcdc220faca5dd2e1cfc120459ad1f04f08598127",
+				URL:         "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.27.0/crictl-v1.27.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz", // renovate:crictl-release
+				Hash:        "sha256:d335d6e16c309fbc3ff1a29a7e49bb253b5c9b4b030990bf7c6b48687f985cee",
 				InstallPath: constants.BinDir,
 				Extract:     true,
 			},