diff --git a/roles/container-engine/crun/defaults/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/crun/defaults/main.yml
index 54d429221..232da9ab3 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/crun/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/crun/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 
-crun_version: 0.15
+crun_version: 0.18
 crun_release_url: https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/{{ crun_version }}/crun-{{ crun_version }}-linux-{{ host_architecture }}
 crun_bin_dir: /usr/bin/