diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
index 0db20cb3c..e876a2c61 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ containerd_package: 'containerd.io'
 
 containerd_cfg_dir: /etc/containerd
 
-# Path to runc binray
+# Path to runc binary
 runc_binary: /usr/sbin/runc
 
 
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/containerd_repo.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/containerd_repo.yml
index 8294f0e0e..e2e8afa07 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/containerd_repo.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/containerd_repo.yml
@@ -36,27 +36,6 @@
     - ansible_os_family in ['Ubuntu', 'Debian']
     - not is_atomic
 
-- name: ensure containerd repository public key is installed
-  action: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.pkg_key }}"
-  args:
-    id: "{{ item }}"
-    url: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.url }}"
-    state: present
-  register: keyserver_task_result
-  until: keyserver_task_result is succeeded
-  retries: 4
-  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | d(3) }}"
-  with_items: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.repo_keys }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse", "ClearLinux"] or is_atomic)
-
-- name: ensure containerd repository is enabled
-  action: "{{ containerd_repo_info.pkg_repo }}"
-  args:
-    repo: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items: "{{ containerd_repo_info.repos }}"
-  when: not (ansible_os_family in ["CoreOS", "Container Linux by CoreOS", "RedHat", "Suse", "ClearLinux"] or is_atomic) and (containerd_repo_info.repos|length > 0)
-
 - name: Configure containerd repository on Fedora
   template:
     src: "fedora_containerd.repo.j2"
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/crictl.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/crictl.yml
index 05f37205c..60a9c91aa 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/crictl.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/crictl.yml
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
   delegate_to: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
 
 - name: Install crictl completion
-  shell: /usr/local/bin/crictl completion >/etc/bash_completion.d/crictl
+  shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/crictl completion >/etc/bash_completion.d/crictl"
   ignore_errors: True
+  when: ansible_distribution in ["CentOS","RedHat", "Ubuntu", "Debian"]
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
index a649daae1..2d4d6d489 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,33 +42,6 @@
     mode: 0644
   notify: restart containerd
 
-
-- name: ensure containerd repository public key is installed
-  action: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.pkg_key }}"
-  args:
-    id: "{{ item }}"
-    url: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.url }}"
-    state: present
-  register: keyserver_task_result
-  until: keyserver_task_result is succeeded
-  retries: 4
-  delay: "{{ retry_stagger | d(3) }}"
-  with_items: "{{ containerd_repo_key_info.repo_keys }}"
-  when:
-    - ansible_os_family in ['Ubuntu', 'Debian']
-    - not is_atomic
-
-- name: ensure containerd repository is enabled
-  action: "{{ containerd_repo_info.pkg_repo }}"
-  args:
-    repo: "{{ item }}"
-    state: present
-  with_items: "{{ containerd_repo_info.repos }}"
-  when:
-    - ansible_os_family in ['Ubuntu', 'Debian']
-    - not is_atomic
-    - containerd_repo_info.repos|length > 0
-
 # This is required to ensure any apt upgrade will not break kubernetes
 - name: Set containerd pin priority to apt_preferences on Debian family
   template:
@@ -119,14 +92,4 @@
     - not is_atomic
     - not runc_stat.stat.exists
 
-- name: Install crictl config
-  template:
-    src: crictl.yaml.j2
-    dest: /etc/crictl.yaml
-    owner: bin
-    mode: 0644
-
-- name: Install crictl completion
-  shell: "{{ bin_dir }}/crictl completion >/etc/bash_completion.d/crictl"
-  ignore_errors: True
-  when: ansible_distribution in ["CentOS","RedHat", "Ubuntu", "Debian"]
+- include_tasks: crictl.yml
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/vars/ubuntu-amd64.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/vars/ubuntu-amd64.yml
index 3b49c2f67..695e20b6a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/vars/ubuntu-amd64.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/vars/ubuntu-amd64.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 containerd_versioned_pkg:
   'latest': "{{ containerd_package }}"
   '1.2.4': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.2.4-1"
+  '1.2.5': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.2.5-1"
   '1.2.6': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.2.6-3"
   'stable': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.2.4-1"
   'edge': "{{ containerd_package }}=1.2.4-1"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ containerd_package_info:
   pkg_mgr: apt
   pkgs:
     - name: "{{ containerd_versioned_pkg[containerd_version | string] }}"
-      force: true
+      force: false
 
 containerd_repo_key_info:
   pkg_key: apt_key