diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
index ccc9f19be..6625ca3ad 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ crio_stream_port: "10010"
 crio_required_version: "{{ kube_version | regex_replace('^v(?P<major>\\d+).(?P<minor>\\d+).(?P<patch>\\d+)$', '\\g<major>.\\g<minor>') }}"
 
 crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
+  "1.24": "1.24"
   "1.23": "1.23"
   "1.22": "1.22"
   "1.21": "1.21"
 
-crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.23') }}"
+crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.24') }}"
 
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes:
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 5235ae330..376f07c45 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 - name: Converge
   hosts: all
   become: true
+  vars:
+    container_manager: crio
   roles:
     - role: kubespray-defaults
     - role: container-engine/cri-o
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
index f2b1b71a9..dc67bf13a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/crio_repo.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,29 @@
     - ansible_os_family == "RedHat"
     - ansible_distribution not in ["Amazon", "Fedora"]
 
+- name: Add CRI-O kubic yum repo
+  yum_repository:
+    name: devel_kubic_libcontainers_stable
+    description: Stable Releases of Upstream github.com/containers packages
+    baseurl: http://{{ crio_download_base }}/Fedora_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/
+    gpgcheck: yes
+    gpgkey: http://{{ crio_download_base }}/Fedora_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/repodata/repomd.xml.key
+    keepcache: "0"
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution in ["Fedora"]
+    - not is_ostree
+
+- name: Add CRI-O kubic yum repo
+  yum_repository:
+    name: "devel_kubic_libcontainers_stable_cri-o_{{ crio_version }}"
+    description: "CRI-O {{ crio_version }}"
+    baseurl: "{{ crio_download_crio }}{{ crio_version }}/Fedora_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/"
+    gpgcheck: yes
+    gpgkey: "{{ crio_download_crio }}{{ crio_version }}/Fedora_{{ ansible_distribution_major_version }}/repodata/repomd.xml.key"
+  when:
+    - ansible_distribution in ["Fedora"]
+    - not is_ostree
+
 - name: Add CRI-O kubic yum repo
   yum_repository:
     name: devel_kubic_libcontainers_stable
@@ -154,14 +177,3 @@
   when:
     - is_ostree
     - ostree_version is defined and ostree_version.stdout is version('2021.9', '>=')
-
-- name: Enable CRI-O module
-  command: "dnf -y module enable cri-o:{{ crio_version }}"
-  args:
-    warn: False
-  register: crio_dnf_result
-  changed_when: "'Enabling' in crio_dnf_result.stdout"
-  become: true
-  when:
-    - ansible_distribution in ["Fedora"]
-    - not is_ostree
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
index 3fb6ea0f6..bdc308350 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
   import_tasks: "crio_repo.yml"
   when: crio_add_repos
 
-- include_role:  # noqa unnamed-task
-    name: container-engine/crictl
-
 - name: Build a list of crio runtimes with Katacontainers runtimes
   set_fact:
     crio_runtimes: "{{ crio_runtimes + kata_runtimes  }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crictl.yaml.j2 b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crictl.yaml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index fbf691f8a..000000000
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crictl.yaml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-runtime-endpoint: unix://{{ cri_socket }}
-image-endpoint: unix://{{ cri_socket }}
-timeout: 30
-debug: false
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2 b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
index 780044c71..1a25e0929 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 
 # Path to the "root directory". CRI-O stores all of its data, including
 # containers images, in this directory.
-#root = "/var/lib/containers/storage"
+root = "/var/lib/containers/storage"
 
 # Path to the "run directory". CRI-O stores all of its state in this directory.
-#runroot = "/var/run/containers/storage"
+runroot = "/var/run/containers/storage"
 
 # Storage driver used to manage the storage of images and containers. Please
 # refer to containers-storage.conf(5) to see all available storage drivers.
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
index 51cb228c9..16bba67ae 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/amazon.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 crio_storage_driver: "overlay"
 
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.24":
+    - "cri-o-1.24.*"
   "1.23":
     - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
index 423c3322e..5e1818582 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.24":
+    - "cri-o-1.24.*"
   "1.23":
     - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
index 423c3322e..5e1818582 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.24":
+    - "cri-o-1.24.*"
   "1.23":
     - "cri-o-1.23.*"
   "1.22":
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
index d91ebe1c5..39296f52a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.24":
+    - "cri-o=1.24*"
+    - cri-o-runc
   "1.23":
     - "cri-o=1.23*"
     - cri-o-runc
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora-36.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora-36.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53d669256
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora-36.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+crio_packages:
+  - cri-o
+
+crio_version: 1.24
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
index 5693aea80..84f82b0b4 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/fedora.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 crio_packages:
   - cri-o
-  - cri-tools
 
 crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
-  "1.23": "1.22"
+  "1.24": "1.23"
+  "1.23": "1.23"
   "1.22": "1.22"
   "1.21": "1.21"
-crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.22') }}"
+crio_version: "{{ crio_kubernetes_version_matrix[crio_required_version] | default('1.23') }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
index b97e0599f..6ab1b0abd 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 ---
 crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.24":
+    - "cri-o=1.24*"
+    - cri-o-runc
   "1.23":
     - "cri-o=1.23*"
     - cri-o-runc