diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
index 14ed7e6fa8f0..d70563c9f035 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ sha256 6e1c0e393cd16af907fabb24e4cc068e27c606c5f1071060d46efdcd29cb5c0d v1.22.1.
 sha256 34097a0f535aa79cf990aaee5d3ff6226663587b188cbee11089f120e7f869e4 v1.22.2.tar.gz
 sha256 52836549cfa27a688659576be9266f4837357a6fa162b1d0a05fa8da62c724b3 v1.22.3.tar.gz
 sha256 5543b96b668e964a24d5fc4af9a0e51e4c571c4c4bec5f0cf2cfd5df76debd7f v1.24.1.tar.gz
+sha256 dc21fce1e5bef117de54fd0512de17a872f5596afd7c972e83a54ba72dd53b2c v1.28.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
index 4bb1e240e701..6fc0407289b9 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CRIO_BIN_VERSION = v1.24.1
-CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = a3bbde8a77c323aa6a485da9a9046299155c6016
+CRIO_BIN_VERSION = v1.28.1
+CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = eda470f7f503d9f40a9aa2a02e45f0878ed6fc61
 CRIO_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/archive
 CRIO_BIN_SOURCE = $(CRIO_BIN_VERSION).tar.gz
 CRIO_BIN_DEPENDENCIES = host-go libgpgme
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index dda519c23a6b..cea6e1411c18 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FROM ${UBUNTU_JAMMY_IMAGE} as kicbase
 ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.12.2"
 ARG FUSE_OVERLAYFS_VERSION="v1.7.1"
 ARG CONTAINERD_FUSE_OVERLAYFS_VERSION="1.0.3"
-ARG CRIO_VERSION="1.24"
+ARG CRIO_VERSION="1.28"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_VERSION="v0.3.3"
 ARG CRI_DOCKERD_COMMIT="b58acf8f78f9d7bce1241d1cddb0932e7101f278"
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION="v1.3.0"