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..2f652b2250e5 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 998cea029c808fcc00e5ca2db37a798c7dd25abe74b424900b29fe2bd9f87250 v1.28.2.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..2fae9547074f 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 = v1.28.2
+CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = e7be4e160f3cc3810b3f6c9fbf225697d772a9ad
 CRIO_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/archive
 CRIO_BIN_SOURCE = $(CRIO_BIN_VERSION).tar.gz
 CRIO_BIN_DEPENDENCIES = host-go libgpgme
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 52643c4a452e..77d8b49f30aa 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ RUN if [ "$PREBUILT_AUTO_PAUSE" != "true" ]; then cd ./cmd/auto-pause/ && go bui
 FROM ${UBUNTU_JAMMY_IMAGE} as kicbase
 
 ARG BUILDKIT_VERSION="v0.12.3"
-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"