diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
index 60deaac4b..f2548560d 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-7.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ---
-default_crio_packages:
-  - cri-o-1.19.0
+crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.19":
+    - "cri-o-1.19.*"
+  "1.18":
+    - "cri-o-1.18.*"
+  "1.17":
+    - "cri-o-1.17.*"
+
+default_crio_packages: "{{ crio_versioned_pkg[crio_version] }}"
 
 crio_packages: "{{ centos_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
index 60deaac4b..f2548560d 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/centos-8.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 ---
-default_crio_packages:
-  - cri-o-1.19.0
+crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.19":
+    - "cri-o-1.19.*"
+  "1.18":
+    - "cri-o-1.18.*"
+  "1.17":
+    - "cri-o-1.17.*"
+
+default_crio_packages: "{{ crio_versioned_pkg[crio_version] }}"
 
 crio_packages: "{{ centos_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
index cc9ca8442..1e478aa82 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 ---
+# Debian-10 has pkg only for cri-o 1.19
+crio_kubernetes_version_matrix:
+  "1.19": "1.19"
+  "1.18": "1.19"
+  "1.17": "1.19"
 
-crio_packages:
-  - "cri-o"
-  - "cri-o-runc"
+crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.19":
+    - "cri-o=1.19*"
+    - cri-o-runc
+
+default_crio_packages: "{{ crio_versioned_pkg[crio_version] }}"
+
+crio_packages: "{{ debian_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"
 
 # The crio_runtimes variable defines a list of OCI compatible runtimes.
 crio_runtimes:
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 06343113e..8ce90eb40 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 ---
-default_crio_packages:
-  - "cri-o=1.19.0~0"
-  - "cri-o-runc=1.0.0-6"
+crio_versioned_pkg:
+  "1.19":
+    - "cri-o=1.19*"
+    - cri-o-runc
+  "1.18":
+    - "cri-o=1.18*"
+    - cri-o-runc
+  "1.17":
+    - "cri-o=1.17*"
+    - cri-o-runc
+
+default_crio_packages: "{{ crio_versioned_pkg[crio_version] }}"
 
 crio_packages: "{{ ubuntu_crio_packages | default(default_crio_packages) }}"