diff --git a/cri-o.yml b/cri-o.yml
index 92abafc..fba97ae 100644
--- a/cri-o.yml
+++ b/cri-o.yml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
       git:
         repo: https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
         dest: /root/src/github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o
-        version: kube-1.6.x
+        version: release-1.9
 
     - name: clone CNI
       git:
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
     - name: systemd dropin for kubeadm
       shell: |
               sh -c 'echo "[Service]
-              Environment=\"KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS=--enable-cri=true --container-runtime=remote --runtime-request-timeout=15m --image-service-endpoint /var/run/crio.sock --container-runtime-endpoint /var/run/crio.sock\"" > /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/0-crio.conf'
+              Environment=\"KUBELET_EXTRA_ARGS=--container-runtime=remote --runtime-request-timeout=15m --image-service-endpoint /var/run/crio/crio.sock --container-runtime-endpoint /var/run/crio/crio.sock\"" > /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/0-crio.conf'
 
     - name: flush iptables
       command: "iptables -F"
@@ -232,3 +232,11 @@
     - name: disable selinux
       command: "setenforce 0"
       when: ansible_distribution in ['Fedora', 'RedHat', 'CentOS']
+
+    - name: install crictl
+      shell: |
+              curl -LO https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-tools/releases/download/v1.0.0-alpha.0/crictl-v1.0.0-alpha.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+              tar -xvf crictl-v1.0.0-alpha.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+              mv crictl /usr/local/bin/crictl
+              rm crictl-v1.0.0-alpha.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+              chmod +x /usr/local/bin/crictl