diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
index de3383915..27ee3433c 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hcloud-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ spec:
     preKubeadmCommands:
       - set -x
       - export CRUN=1.9.2 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containers/crun versioning=semver-coerced
-      - export CONTAINERD=1.7.6 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+      - export CONTAINERD=1.7.7 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
       - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
       - ARCH=amd64
       - if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then ARCH=arm64; fi
diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
index 7810da054..49f2b21a1 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/hetznerbaremetal-kcp-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ spec:
     preKubeadmCommands:
       - set -x
       - export CRUN=1.9.2 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containers/crun versioning=semver-coerced
-      - export CONTAINERD=1.7.6 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+      - export CONTAINERD=1.7.7 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
       - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
       - localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
       - localectl set-locale LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
index c584d8bd5..49bf0e828 100644
--- a/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/templates/cluster-templates/bases/kct-md-0-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ spec:
       preKubeadmCommands:
         - set -x
         - export CRUN=1.9.2 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containers/crun versioning=semver-coerced
-        - export CONTAINERD=1.7.6 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
+        - export CONTAINERD=1.7.7 # update: datasource=github-tags depName=containerd/containerd extractVersion=^v(?<version>.*)$ versioning=semver
         - export KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(echo ${KUBERNETES_VERSION} | sed 's/^v//')
         - ARCH=amd64
         - if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then ARCH=arm64; fi