diff --git a/roles/container-engine/youki/tasks/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/youki/tasks/main.yml
index d617963df..e88f663e3 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/youki/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/youki/tasks/main.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 - name: Youki | Copy youki binary from download dir
   copy:
-    src: "{{ local_release_dir }}/youki_v{{ youki_version | regex_replace('\\.', '_') }}_linux/youki-v{{ youki_version }}/youki"
+    src: "{{ local_release_dir }}/youki_{{ youki_version | regex_replace('\\.', '_') }}_linux/youki-{{ youki_version }}/youki"
     dest: "{{ youki_bin_dir }}/youki"
     mode: 0755
     remote_src: true
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index 61585edd5..d6459c101 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -792,33 +792,33 @@ crun_checksums:
     1.7.1: 0
 youki_checksums:
   arm:
-    v0.1.0: 0
-    v0.0.5: 0
-    v0.0.4: 0
-    v0.0.3: 0
-    v0.0.2: 0
-    v0.0.1: 0
+    0.1.0: 0
+    0.0.5: 0
+    0.0.4: 0
+    0.0.3: 0
+    0.0.2: 0
+    0.0.1: 0
   arm64:
-    v0.1.0: 0
-    v0.0.5: 0
-    v0.0.4: 0
-    v0.0.3: 0
-    v0.0.2: 0
-    v0.0.1: 0
+    0.1.0: 0
+    0.0.5: 0
+    0.0.4: 0
+    0.0.3: 0
+    0.0.2: 0
+    0.0.1: 0
   amd64:
-    v0.1.0: f00677e9674215b44f140f0c0f4b79b0001c72c073d2c5bb514b7a9dcb13bdbc
-    v0.0.5: 8504f4c35a24b96782b9e0feb7813aba4e7262c55a39b8368e94c80c9a4ec564
-    v0.0.4: c213376393cb16462ef56586e68fef9ec5b5dd80787e7152f911d7cfd72d952e
-    v0.0.3: 15df10c78f6a35e45a1dce92c827d91b9aef22dc926c619ff5befafc8543f1bb
-    v0.0.2: dd61f1c3af204ec8a29a52792897ca0d0f21dca0b0ec44a16d84511a19e4a569
-    v0.0.1: 8bd712fe95c8a81194bfbc54c70516350f95153d67044579af95788fbafd943b
+    0.1.0: f00677e9674215b44f140f0c0f4b79b0001c72c073d2c5bb514b7a9dcb13bdbc
+    0.0.5: 8504f4c35a24b96782b9e0feb7813aba4e7262c55a39b8368e94c80c9a4ec564
+    0.0.4: c213376393cb16462ef56586e68fef9ec5b5dd80787e7152f911d7cfd72d952e
+    0.0.3: 15df10c78f6a35e45a1dce92c827d91b9aef22dc926c619ff5befafc8543f1bb
+    0.0.2: dd61f1c3af204ec8a29a52792897ca0d0f21dca0b0ec44a16d84511a19e4a569
+    0.0.1: 8bd712fe95c8a81194bfbc54c70516350f95153d67044579af95788fbafd943b
   ppc64le:
-    v0.1.0: 0
-    v0.0.5: 0
-    v0.0.4: 0
-    v0.0.3: 0
-    v0.0.2: 0
-    v0.0.1: 0
+    0.1.0: 0
+    0.0.5: 0
+    0.0.4: 0
+    0.0.3: 0
+    0.0.2: 0
+    0.0.1: 0
 kata_containers_binary_checksums:
   arm:
     3.1.3: 0
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
index 3a8ec8c75..223a23b92 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ kubeadm_version: "{{ kube_version }}"
 crun_version: 1.8.5
 runc_version: v1.1.7
 kata_containers_version: 3.1.3
-youki_version: v0.1.0
+youki_version: 0.1.0
 gvisor_version: 20230627
 containerd_version: 1.7.2
 cri_dockerd_version: 0.3.4
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ crio_download_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/cri-o/artifacts/cri-o.{{ imag
 helm_download_url: "https://get.helm.sh/helm-{{ helm_version }}-linux-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
 runc_download_url: "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/download/{{ runc_version }}/runc.{{ image_arch }}"
 crun_download_url: "https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/{{ crun_version }}/crun-{{ crun_version }}-linux-{{ image_arch }}"
-youki_download_url: "https://github.com/containers/youki/releases/download/{{ youki_version }}/youki_{{ youki_version | regex_replace('\\.', '_') }}_linux.tar.gz"
+youki_download_url: "https://github.com/containers/youki/releases/download/v{{ youki_version }}/youki_{{ youki_version | regex_replace('\\.', '_') }}_linux.tar.gz"
 kata_containers_download_url: "https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/releases/download/{{ kata_containers_version }}/kata-static-{{ kata_containers_version }}-{{ ansible_architecture }}.tar.xz"
 # gVisor only supports amd64 and uses x86_64 to in the download link
 gvisor_runsc_download_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/gvisor/releases/release/{{ gvisor_version }}/{{ ansible_architecture }}/runsc"