diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 410d8d4..15e1b1a 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
     - "01-cgroup-manager.conf"
     - "01-log-level.conf"
     - "01-metrics.conf"
-  notify: Restart containerd
+    - "01-crio-network.conf"
+  notify: Restart cri-o
 
 - name: Enable cri-o on boot
   service:
diff --git a/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-network.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-network.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58008cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-network.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# The crio.network table containers settings pertaining to the management of
+# CNI plugins.
+[crio.network]
+
+# The default CNI network name to be selected. If not set or "", then
+# CRI-O will pick-up the first one found in network_dir.
+# cni_default_network = ""
+
+# Path to the directory where CNI configuration files are located.
+network_dir = "/etc/cni/net.d/"
+
+# Paths to directories where CNI plugin binaries are located.
+plugin_dirs = [
+	"/opt/cni/bin",
+]
+
diff --git a/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runtime.conf.j2 b/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runtime.conf.j2
index 4de599f..fd2f749 100644
--- a/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runtime.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/01-crio-runtime.conf.j2
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [crio.runtime]
-conmon = "/usr/bin/conmon"
\ No newline at end of file
+conmon = "/usr/bin/conmon"
+manage_ns_lifecycle = true