diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
index 2b37f3c106..9fe833064c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/containerd/files/config.toml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ state = "/run/docker/libcontainerd/containerd"
 subreaper = true
 # set containerd's OOM score
 oom_score = -999
-# CRI plugin listens on a TCP port by default
-disabled_plugins = ["cri"]
+disabled_plugins = []
 
 # grpc configuration
 [grpc]