diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/converge.yml b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/converge.yml
index 3456ee6f8..a6fdf812a 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/converge.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   become: true
   vars:
     kata_containers_enabled: true
+    container_manager: containerd
   roles:
     - role: kubespray-defaults
     - role: container-engine/containerd
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/10-mynet.conf b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/10-mynet.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f10935b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/10-mynet.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "cniVersion": "0.2.0",
+  "name": "mynet",
+  "type": "bridge",
+  "bridge": "cni0",
+  "isGateway": true,
+  "ipMasq": true,
+  "ipam": {
+    "type": "host-local",
+    "subnet": "172.19.0.0/24",
+    "routes": [
+      {
+        "dst": "0.0.0.0/0"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/container.json b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/container.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ada521f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/container.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "kata1"
+  },
+  "image": {
+    "image": "docker.io/library/hello-world:latest"
+  },
+  "log_path": "kata1.0.log",
+  "linux": {}
+}
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/sandbox.json b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/sandbox.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..326a578be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/files/sandbox.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "metadata": {
+    "name": "kata1",
+    "namespace": "default",
+    "attempt": 1,
+    "uid": "hdishd83djaidwnduwk28bcsb"
+  },
+  "linux": {},
+  "log_directory": "/tmp"
+}
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/prepare.yml b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/prepare.yml
index 1afc51a04..9299a7e2d 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/prepare.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,48 @@
 ---
 - name: Prepare
   hosts: all
-  gather_facts: False
+  become: true
   roles:
+    - role: kubespray-defaults
     - role: bootstrap-os
+    - role: adduser
+      user: "{{ addusers.kube }}"
+  tasks:
+    - include_tasks: "../../../../download/tasks/download_file.yml"
+      vars:
+        download: "{{ download_defaults | combine(downloads.cni) }}"
+
+- name: Prepare container runtime
+  hosts: all
+  become: true
+  vars:
+    container_manager: containerd
+    kube_network_plugin: cni
+  roles:
+    - role: kubespray-defaults
+    - role: network_plugin/cni
+    - role: container-engine/crictl
+  tasks:
+    - name: Copy test container files
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        dest: "/tmp/{{ item }}"
+        owner: root
+        mode: 0644
+      with_items:
+        - container.json
+        - sandbox.json
+    - name: Create /etc/cni/net.d directory
+      file:
+        path: /etc/cni/net.d
+        state: directory
+        owner: kube
+        mode: 0755
+    - name: Setup CNI
+      copy:
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        dest: "/etc/cni/net.d/{{ item }}"
+        owner: root
+        mode: 0644
+      with_items:
+        - 10-mynet.conf
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 15e80825d..b34136d58 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -14,17 +14,24 @@ def test_run(host):
     assert "kata-runtime" in cmd.stdout
 
 
-def test_run_pod(host):
-    image = "docker.io/library/hello-world:latest"
-    runtime = "io.containerd.kata-qemu.v2"
-
-    pull_command = "ctr image pull {}".format(image)
+def test_run_check(host):
+    kataruntime = "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime"
     with host.sudo():
-        cmd = host.command(pull_command)
+        cmd = host.command(kataruntime + " check")
     assert cmd.rc == 0
+    assert "System is capable of running" in cmd.stdout
 
-    run_command = "ctr run --runtime {} {} kata1".format(runtime, image)
+
+def test_run_pod(host):
+    runtime = "kata-qemu"
+
+    run_command = "/usr/local/bin/crictl run --with-pull --runtime {} /tmp/container.json /tmp/sandbox.json".format(runtime)
     with host.sudo():
         cmd = host.command(run_command)
     assert cmd.rc == 0
-    assert "Hello from Docker!" in cmd.stdout
+
+    with host.sudo():
+      log_f = host.file("/tmp/kata1.0.log")
+
+      assert log_f.exists
+      assert b"Hello from Docker!" in log_f.content
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/tasks/main.yml b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/tasks/main.yml
index 8d99e5255..54bd25d0f 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/tasks/main.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,19 @@
     mode: 0755
   with_items:
     - qemu
+
+- name: kata-containers | Load vhost kernel modules
+  modprobe:
+    state: present
+    name: "{{ item }}"
+  with_items:
+    - vhost_vsock
+    - vhost_net
+
+- name: kata-containers | Persist vhost kernel modules
+  copy:
+    dest: /etc/modules-load.d/kubespray-kata-containers.conf
+    mode: 0644
+    content: |
+      vhost_vsock
+      vhost_net
diff --git a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/templates/configuration-qemu.toml.j2 b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/templates/configuration-qemu.toml.j2
index 334a2d977..f64647bdf 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/templates/configuration-qemu.toml.j2
+++ b/roles/container-engine/kata-containers/templates/configuration-qemu.toml.j2
@@ -12,10 +12,33 @@
 
 [hypervisor.qemu]
 path = "/opt/kata/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"
+{% if kata_containers_version is version('2.2.0', '>=') %}
+kernel = "/opt/kata/share/kata-containers/vmlinux.container"
+{% else %}
 kernel = "/opt/kata/share/kata-containers/vmlinuz.container"
+{% endif %}
 image = "/opt/kata/share/kata-containers/kata-containers.img"
 machine_type = "q35"
 
+# Enable confidential guest support.
+# Toggling that setting may trigger different hardware features, ranging
+# from memory encryption to both memory and CPU-state encryption and integrity.
+# The Kata Containers runtime dynamically detects the available feature set and
+# aims at enabling the largest possible one.
+# Default false
+# confidential_guest = true
+
+# List of valid annotation names for the hypervisor
+# Each member of the list is a regular expression, which is the base name
+# of the annotation, e.g. "path" for io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.path"
+enable_annotations = []
+
+# List of valid annotations values for the hypervisor
+# Each member of the list is a path pattern as described by glob(3).
+# The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
+# Your distribution recommends: ["/opt/kata/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"]
+valid_hypervisor_paths = ["/opt/kata/bin/qemu-system-x86_64"]
+
 # Optional space-separated list of options to pass to the guest kernel.
 # For example, use `kernel_params = "vsyscall=emulate"` if you are having
 # trouble running pre-2.15 glibc.
@@ -37,6 +60,11 @@ firmware = ""
 # For example, `machine_accelerators = "nosmm,nosmbus,nosata,nopit,static-prt,nofw"`
 machine_accelerators=""
 
+# CPU features
+# comma-separated list of cpu features to pass to the cpu
+# For example, `cpu_features = "pmu=off,vmx=off"
+cpu_features="pmu=off"
+
 # Default number of vCPUs per SB/VM:
 # unspecified or 0                --> will be set to 1
 # < 0                             --> will be set to the actual number of physical cores
@@ -58,6 +86,7 @@ default_vcpus = 1
 # `default_maxvcpus = 8` the memory footprint will be small, but 8 will be the maximum number of
 # vCPUs supported by the SB/VM. In general, we recommend that you do not edit this variable,
 # unless you know what are you doing.
+# NOTICE: on arm platform with gicv2 interrupt controller, set it to 8.
 default_maxvcpus = 0
 
 # Bridges can be used to hot plug devices.
@@ -103,15 +132,24 @@ default_memory = {{ kata_containers_qemu_default_memory }}
 disable_block_device_use = false
 
 # Shared file system type:
-#   - virtio-9p (default)
-#   - virtio-fs
+#   - virtio-fs (default)
+#   - virtio-9p
+{% if kata_containers_version is version('2.2.0', '>=') %}
+shared_fs = "virtio-fs"
+{% else %}
 shared_fs = "virtio-9p"
+{% endif %}
 
 # Path to vhost-user-fs daemon.
-virtio_fs_daemon = "/opt/kata/bin/virtiofsd"
+virtio_fs_daemon = "/opt/kata/libexec/kata-qemu/virtiofsd"
+
+# List of valid annotations values for the virtiofs daemon
+# The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
+# Your distribution recommends: ["/opt/kata/libexec/kata-qemu/virtiofsd"]
+valid_virtio_fs_daemon_paths = ["/opt/kata/libexec/kata-qemu/virtiofsd"]
 
 # Default size of DAX cache in MiB
-virtio_fs_cache_size = 1024
+virtio_fs_cache_size = 0
 
 # Extra args for virtiofsd daemon
 #
@@ -119,7 +157,7 @@ virtio_fs_cache_size = 1024
 #   ["-o", "arg1=xxx,arg2", "-o", "hello world", "--arg3=yyy"]
 #
 # see `virtiofsd -h` for possible options.
-virtio_fs_extra_args = []
+virtio_fs_extra_args = ["--thread-pool-size=1"]
 
 # Cache mode:
 #
@@ -189,16 +227,40 @@ enable_vhost_user_store = false
 # simulated block device nodes for vhost-user devices to live.
 vhost_user_store_path = "/var/run/kata-containers/vhost-user"
 
+# Enable vIOMMU, default false
+# Enabling this will result in the VM having a vIOMMU device
+# This will also add the following options to the kernel's
+# command line: intel_iommu=on,iommu=pt
+#enable_iommu = true
+
+# Enable IOMMU_PLATFORM, default false
+# Enabling this will result in the VM device having iommu_platform=on set
+#enable_iommu_platform = true
+
+# List of valid annotations values for the vhost user store path
+# The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
+# Your distribution recommends: ["/var/run/kata-containers/vhost-user"]
+valid_vhost_user_store_paths = ["/var/run/kata-containers/vhost-user"]
+
 # Enable file based guest memory support. The default is an empty string which
 # will disable this feature. In the case of virtio-fs, this is enabled
 # automatically and '/dev/shm' is used as the backing folder.
 # This option will be ignored if VM templating is enabled.
 #file_mem_backend = ""
 
+# List of valid annotations values for the file_mem_backend annotation
+# The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
+# Your distribution recommends: [""]
+valid_file_mem_backends = [""]
+
 # Enable swap of vm memory. Default false.
 # The behaviour is undefined if mem_prealloc is also set to true
 #enable_swap = true
 
+# -pflash can add image file to VM. The arguments of it should be in format
+# of ["/path/to/flash0.img", "/path/to/flash1.img"]
+pflashes = []
+
 # This option changes the default hypervisor and kernel parameters
 # to enable debug output where available. This extra output is added
 # to the proxy logs, but only when proxy debug is also enabled.
@@ -257,6 +319,11 @@ enable_debug = {{ kata_containers_qemu_debug }}
 # all practical purposes.
 #entropy_source= "/dev/urandom"
 
+# List of valid annotations values for entropy_source
+# The default if not set is empty (all annotations rejected.)
+# Your distribution recommends: ["/dev/urandom","/dev/random",""]
+valid_entropy_sources = ["/dev/urandom","/dev/random",""]
+
 # Path to OCI hook binaries in the *guest rootfs*.
 # This does not affect host-side hooks which must instead be added to
 # the OCI spec passed to the runtime.
@@ -273,6 +340,47 @@ enable_debug = {{ kata_containers_qemu_debug }}
 # Warnings will be logged if any error is encountered will scanning for hooks,
 # but it will not abort container execution.
 #guest_hook_path = "/usr/share/oci/hooks"
+#
+# Use rx Rate Limiter to control network I/O inbound bandwidth(size in bits/sec for SB/VM).
+# In Qemu, we use classful qdiscs HTB(Hierarchy Token Bucket) to discipline traffic.
+# Default 0-sized value means unlimited rate.
+#rx_rate_limiter_max_rate = 0
+# Use tx Rate Limiter to control network I/O outbound bandwidth(size in bits/sec for SB/VM).
+# In Qemu, we use classful qdiscs HTB(Hierarchy Token Bucket) and ifb(Intermediate Functional Block)
+# to discipline traffic.
+# Default 0-sized value means unlimited rate.
+#tx_rate_limiter_max_rate = 0
+
+# Set where to save the guest memory dump file.
+# If set, when GUEST_PANICKED event occurred,
+# guest memeory will be dumped to host filesystem under guest_memory_dump_path,
+# This directory will be created automatically if it does not exist.
+#
+# The dumped file(also called vmcore) can be processed with crash or gdb.
+#
+# WARNING:
+#   Dump guest’s memory can take very long depending on the amount of guest memory
+#   and use much disk space.
+#guest_memory_dump_path="/var/crash/kata"
+
+# If enable paging.
+# Basically, if you want to use "gdb" rather than "crash",
+# or need the guest-virtual addresses in the ELF vmcore,
+# then you should enable paging.
+#
+# See: https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/qemu-qmp-ref.html#Dump-guest-memory for details
+#guest_memory_dump_paging=false
+
+# Enable swap in the guest. Default false.
+# When enable_guest_swap is enabled, insert a raw file to the guest as the swap device
+# if the swappiness of a container (set by annotation "io.katacontainers.container.resource.swappiness")
+# is bigger than 0.
+# The size of the swap device should be 
+# swap_in_bytes (set by annotation "io.katacontainers.container.resource.swap_in_bytes") - memory_limit_in_bytes.
+# If swap_in_bytes is not set, the size should be memory_limit_in_bytes.
+# If swap_in_bytes and memory_limit_in_bytes is not set, the size should
+# be default_memory.
+#enable_guest_swap = true
 
 [factory]
 # VM templating support. Once enabled, new VMs are created from template
@@ -381,6 +489,16 @@ enable_debug = {{ kata_containers_qemu_debug }}
 #
 kernel_modules=[]
 
+# Enable debug console.
+
+# If enabled, user can connect guest OS running inside hypervisor
+# through "kata-runtime exec <sandbox-id>" command
+
+#debug_console_enabled = true
+
+# Agent connection dialing timeout value in seconds
+# (default: 30)
+#dial_timeout = 30
 
 [netmon]
 # If enabled, the network monitoring process gets started when the
@@ -433,6 +551,16 @@ disable_guest_seccomp=true
 # (default: disabled)
 #enable_tracing = true
 
+# Set the full url to the Jaeger HTTP Thrift collector.
+# The default if not set will be "http://localhost:14268/api/traces"
+#jaeger_endpoint = ""
+
+# Sets the username to be used if basic auth is required for Jaeger.
+#jaeger_user = ""
+
+# Sets the password to be used if basic auth is required for Jaeger.
+#jaeger_password = ""
+
 # If enabled, the runtime will not create a network namespace for shim and hypervisor processes.
 # This option may have some potential impacts to your host. It should only be used when you know what you're doing.
 # `disable_new_netns` conflicts with `enable_netmon`
@@ -451,9 +579,46 @@ disable_guest_seccomp=true
 # See: https://godoc.org/github.com/kata-containers/runtime/virtcontainers#ContainerType
 sandbox_cgroup_only={{ kata_containers_qemu_sandbox_cgroup_only }}
 
+# If specified, sandbox_bind_mounts identifieds host paths to be mounted (ro) into the sandboxes shared path.
+# This is only valid if filesystem sharing is utilized. The provided path(s) will be bindmounted into the shared fs directory.
+# If defaults are utilized, these mounts should be available in the guest at `/run/kata-containers/shared/containers/sandbox-mounts`
+# These will not be exposed to the container workloads, and are only provided for potential guest services.
+sandbox_bind_mounts=[]
+
 # Enabled experimental feature list, format: ["a", "b"].
 # Experimental features are features not stable enough for production,
 # they may break compatibility, and are prepared for a big version bump.
 # Supported experimental features:
 # (default: [])
 experimental=[]
+
+# If enabled, user can run pprof tools with shim v2 process through kata-monitor.
+# (default: false)
+# enable_pprof = true
+
+# WARNING: All the options in the following section have not been implemented yet.
+# This section was added as a placeholder. DO NOT USE IT!
+[image]
+# Container image service.
+#
+# Offload the CRI image management service to the Kata agent.
+# (default: false)
+#service_offload = true
+
+# Container image decryption keys provisioning.
+# Applies only if service_offload is true.
+# Keys can be provisioned locally (e.g. through a special command or
+# a local file) or remotely (usually after the guest is remotely attested).
+# The provision setting is a complete URL that lets the Kata agent decide
+# which method to use in order to fetch the keys.
+#
+# Keys can be stored in a local file, in a measured and attested initrd:
+#provision=data:///local/key/file
+#
+# Keys could be fetched through a special command or binary from the
+# initrd (guest) image, e.g. a firmware call:
+#provision=file:///path/to/bin/fetcher/in/guest
+#
+# Keys can be remotely provisioned. The Kata agent fetches them from e.g.
+# a HTTPS URL:
+#provision=https://my-key-broker.foo/tenant/<tenant-id>
diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index 6d19e2324..0bab159cf 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ kubeadm_version: "{{ kube_version }}"
 etcd_version: v3.5.0
 crun_version: 1.3
 runc_version: v1.0.2
-kata_containers_version: 2.2.0
+kata_containers_version: 2.2.2
 gvisor_version: 20210921
 
 # gcr and kubernetes image repo define
@@ -463,15 +463,15 @@ kata_containers_binary_checksums:
   arm:
     2.0.4: 0
     2.1.1: 0
-    2.2.0: 0
+    2.2.2: 0
   amd64:
     2.0.4: 022a60c2d92a5ab9a5eb83d5a95154a2d06fdc2206b2a473d902ccc86766371a
     2.1.1: a83591d968cd0f1adfb5025d7aa33ca1385d4b1165ff10d74602302fc3c0373f
-    2.2.0: 50163e2a430e96447117f7169a4ed5a8bdea09267d62a39221d5b8b3b3f88c0e
+    2.2.2: 2e3ac77b8abd4d839cf16780b57aee8f3d6e1f19489edd7d6d8069ea3cc3c18a
   arm64:
     2.0.4: 0
     2.1.1: 0
-    2.2.0: 0
+    2.2.2: 0
 
 gvisor_runsc_binary_checksums:
   arm:
diff --git a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
index 6941f2150..101be1c88 100644
--- a/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/reset/tasks/main.yml
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@
     - "{{ krew_root_dir | default('/usr/local/krew') }}"
     - /etc/modules-load.d/kube_proxy-ipvs.conf
     - /etc/modules-load.d/kubespray-br_netfilter.conf
+    - /etc/modules-load.d/kubespray-kata-containers.conf
     - /usr/libexec/kubernetes
   ignore_errors: true  # noqa ignore-errors
   tags: