diff --git a/utils/podman/files/containers.conf b/utils/podman/files/containers.conf
index 8730f1a488..c06e4b6247 100644
--- a/utils/podman/files/containers.conf
+++ b/utils/podman/files/containers.conf
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ network_config_dir="/etc/cni/net.d/"
 default_network="podman"
 
 [engine]
-runtime="/usr/sbin/runc"
+runtime="/usr/sbin/crun"
+# runtime="/usr/sbin/runc"
 # runtime="/sbin/uxc"
 # runtime_supports_nocgroups = ["crun", "uxc"]
 # runtime_supports_json = ["crun", "runc", "kata", "uxc"]
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ runc = [
         "/usr/sbin/runc",
 ]
 
+crun = [
+        "/usr/bin/crun",
+]
+
 uxc = [
        "/sbin/uxc",
 ]