diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index 82c416b03..afa9dc7b2 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ kube_resolv_conf: "/etc/resolv.conf"
 kubelet_enforce_node_allocatable: "\"\""
 
 # Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using systemd as cgroup driver (default)
-kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/containerd.service"
+kubelet_runtime_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/{{ container_manager }}.service"
 kubelet_kubelet_cgroups: "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups }}/kubelet.service"
 
 # Set runtime and kubelet cgroups when using cgroupfs as cgroup driver
-kubelet_runtime_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/containerd.service"
+kubelet_runtime_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/{{ container_manager }}.service"
 kubelet_kubelet_cgroups_cgroupfs: "/system.slice/kubelet.service"
 
 ### fail with swap on (default true)