diff --git a/docs/CRI/containerd.md b/docs/CRI/containerd.md
index 50b973a03..f8dd6b24c 100644
--- a/docs/CRI/containerd.md
+++ b/docs/CRI/containerd.md
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ In kubespray, the default runtime name is "runc", and it can be configured with
 containerd_runc_runtime:
   name: runc
   type: "io.containerd.runc.v2"
-  engine: ""
-  root: ""
   options:
+    Root: ""
     SystemdCgroup: "false"
     BinaryName: /usr/local/bin/my-runc
   base_runtime_spec: cri-base.json
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/containerd.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/containerd.yml
index efa1769fc..6aa7da427 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/containerd.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/all/containerd.yml
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@
 # containerd_runc_runtime:
 #   name: runc
 #   type: "io.containerd.runc.v2"
-#   engine: ""
-#   root: ""
+#   options:
+#     Root: ""
 
 # containerd_additional_runtimes:
 # Example for Kata Containers as additional runtime:
 #   - name: kata
 #     type: "io.containerd.kata.v2"
-#     engine: ""
-#     root: ""
+#     options:
+#       Root: ""
 
 # containerd_grpc_max_recv_message_size: 16777216
 # containerd_grpc_max_send_message_size: 16777216
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
index dc4e34697..87f629220 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ containerd_snapshotter: "overlayfs"
 containerd_runc_runtime:
   name: runc
   type: "io.containerd.runc.v2"
-  engine: ""
-  root: ""
   base_runtime_spec: cri-base.json
   options:
+    Root: ""
     SystemdCgroup: "{{ containerd_use_systemd_cgroup | ternary('true', 'false') }}"
     BinaryName: "{{ bin_dir }}/runc"
 
@@ -24,8 +23,8 @@ containerd_additional_runtimes: []
 # Example for Kata Containers as additional runtime:
 #  - name: kata
 #    type: "io.containerd.kata.v2"
-#    engine: ""
-#    root: ""
+#    options:
+#      Root: ""
 
 containerd_base_runtime_spec_rlimit_nofile: 65535
 
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/config.toml.j2 b/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/config.toml.j2
index 20f60afbd..7c3da7843 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/config.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/container-engine/containerd/templates/config.toml.j2
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ oom_score = {{ containerd_oom_score }}
 {% for runtime in [containerd_runc_runtime] + containerd_additional_runtimes %}
        [plugins."io.containerd.cri.v1.runtime".containerd.runtimes.{{ runtime.name }}]
          runtime_type = "{{ runtime.type }}"
-         runtime_engine = "{{ runtime.engine }}"
-         runtime_root = "{{ runtime.root }}"
 {% if runtime.base_runtime_spec is defined %}
          base_runtime_spec = "{{ containerd_cfg_dir }}/{{ runtime.base_runtime_spec }}"
 {% endif %}