diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f1bc91b..045d3e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ env:
   DOCKER_VERSION: "29.2.0"
   NERDCTL_VERSION: "2.2.1"
   FLANNEL_VERSION: "1.9.0-flannel1"
+  FLANNEL_MINI_VERSION: "1.9.0"
   BINFMT_VERSION: "deploy/v7.0.0-28"
   BINFMT_QEMU_VERSION: "7.0.0"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffc16e9..3a09f95 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ DOCKER_VERSION=29.2.0
 # containerd dependency
 NERDCTL_VERSION ?= 2.2.1
 FLANNEL_VERSION ?= 1.9.0-flannel1
+FLANNEL_MINI_VERSION ?= 1.9.0
 
 # architecture defaults to the current system's.
 OS_ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ binfmt:
 	ARCH=$(ARCH) BINFMT_ARCH=$(BINFMT_ARCH) BINFMT_VERSION=$(BINFMT_VERSION) BINFMT_QEMU_VERSION=$(BINFMT_QEMU_VERSION) scripts/binfmt.sh
 
 containerd:
-	ARCH=$(ARCH) NERDCTL_VERSION=$(NERDCTL_VERSION) FLANNEL_VERSION=$(FLANNEL_VERSION) RUNTIME=$(RUNTIME) scripts/containerd.sh
+	ARCH=$(ARCH) NERDCTL_VERSION=$(NERDCTL_VERSION) FLANNEL_VERSION=$(FLANNEL_VERSION) FLANNEL_MINI_VERSION=$(FLANNEL_MINI_VERSION) RUNTIME=$(RUNTIME) scripts/containerd.sh
 
 qcow: cloud-image binfmt containerd
 	ARCH=$(ARCH) BINFMT_ARCH=$(BINFMT_ARCH) UBUNTU_VERSION=$(UBUNTU_VERSION) DOCKER_VERSION=$(DOCKER_VERSION) RUNTIME=$(RUNTIME) scripts/qcow.docker.sh
diff --git a/scripts/containerd.sh b/scripts/containerd.sh
index 6a6db7a..5e467bc 100755
--- a/scripts/containerd.sh
+++ b/scripts/containerd.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ download_containerd() (
 
 download_flannel() (
     # download archive
-    FILE="cni-plugin-flannel-linux-${1}-v${FLANNEL_VERSION}.tgz"
+    FILE="cni-plugin-flannel-linux-${1}-v${FLANNEL_MINI_VERSION}.tgz"
     URL="https://github.com/flannel-io/cni-plugin/releases/download/v${FLANNEL_VERSION}/${FILE}"
     curl -LO $URL