diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
index f139fa75f..7b6fb0d8e 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -81,14 +81,15 @@
 
 # This is required to ensure any apt upgrade will not break kubernetes
 - name: Set containerd pin priority to apt_preferences on Debian family
-  template:
-    src: "apt_preferences.d/debian_containerd.j2"
+  copy:
+    content: |
+      Package: {{ containerd_package }}
+      Pin: version {{ containerd_version }}*
+      Pin-Priority: 1001
     dest: "/etc/apt/preferences.d/containerd"
     owner: "root"
     mode: 0644
-  when:
-    - ansible_os_family in ['Ubuntu', 'Debian']
-    - not is_ostree
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
 
 - name: ensure containerd packages are installed
   action: "{{ containerd_package_info.pkg_mgr }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/apt_preferences.d/debian_containerd.j2 b/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/apt_preferences.d/debian_containerd.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5299573b3..000000000
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/apt_preferences.d/debian_containerd.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Package: {{ containerd_package }}
-Pin: version {{ containerd_version }}*
-Pin-Priority: 1001