diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
index b12cbecdb2ec..abb699114dd9 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.hash
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ sha256 0edb064a7d68d0425152ed59472ce7566700b4e547afb300481498d4c7fc6cf1  nerdctl
 sha256 1bb613049a91871614d407273e883057040e8393ef7be9508598a92b2efda4b7  nerdctl-1.5.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 d5f1ed3cda151385d313f9007afc708cae0018c9da581088b092328db154d0c6  nerdctl-1.6.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 sha256 ece848045290dd61f542942248587e91125563af46c0ea972a7c908d0d39c96c  nerdctl-1.6.2-linux-arm64.tar.gz
+sha256 1255eea5bc2dbac9339d0a9acfb0651dda117504d52cd52b38cf3c2251db4f39  nerdctl-1.7.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
index 27dbd22f39b4..a5d435b95935 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/aarch64/package/nerdctl-bin-aarch64/nerdctl-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = 1.6.2
-NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = e3dc23be348efded17d2cd244397b4f7018e0794
+NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION = 1.7.0
+NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_COMMIT = e674fe7ba6e49f12e88cd9c6c442e7ea5232502c
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_SITE = https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_SOURCE = nerdctl-$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)-linux-arm64.tar.gz
 NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
index 660970d812de..a5cf58500ab5 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.hash
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ sha256 d8dcd4e270ae76ab294be3a451a2d8299010e69dce6ae559bc3193535610e4cc  nerdctl
 sha256 6dc945e3dfdc38e77ceafd2ec491af753366a3cf83fefccb1debaed3459829f1  nerdctl-1.5.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 fc3e7eef775eff85eb6c16b2761a574e83de444831312bc92e755a1f5577872d  nerdctl-1.6.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sha256 67991fc144b03596f15be6c20ca112d10bd92ad467414e95b0f1d60d332ae34e  nerdctl-1.6.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+sha256 844c47b175a3d6bc8eaad0c51f23624a5ef10c09e55607803ec2bc846fb04df9  nerdctl-1.7.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
index c3d5e486eaed..ccbb6607c834 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/arch/x86_64/package/nerdctl-bin/nerdctl-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 # 
 ################################################################################
 
-NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION = 1.6.2
-NERDCTL_BIN_COMMIT = e3dc23be348efded17d2cd244397b4f7018e0794
+NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION = 1.7.0
+NERDCTL_BIN_COMMIT = e674fe7ba6e49f12e88cd9c6c442e7ea5232502c
 NERDCTL_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v$(NERDCTL_BIN_VERSION)
 NERDCTL_BIN_SOURCE = nerdctl-$(NERDCTL_BIN_AARCH64_VERSION)-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 NERDCTL_BIN_STRIP_COMPONENTS = 0
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 5ea8977b76ed..5e656326ef36 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ARG CRI_DOCKERD_VERSION="v0.3.3"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_COMMIT="b58acf8f78f9d7bce1241d1cddb0932e7101f278"
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION="v1.3.0"
 ARG TARGETARCH
-ARG NERDCTL_VERSION="1.6.2"
+ARG NERDCTL_VERSION="1.7.0"
 ARG NERDCTLD_VERSION="0.2.0"
 
 # copy in static files (configs, scripts)