diff --git a/Makefile.work b/Makefile.work
index 392c679b05..b112701924 100644
--- a/Makefile.work
+++ b/Makefile.work
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ SONIC_BUILD_INSTRUCTION :=  make \
                            SHUTDOWN_BGP_ON_START=$(SHUTDOWN_BGP_ON_START) \
                            INCLUDE_KUBERNETES=$(INCLUDE_KUBERNETES) \
                            KUBERNETES_VERSION=$(KUBERNETES_VERSION) \
+                           KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION=$(KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION) \
                            K8s_GCR_IO_PAUSE_VERSION=$(K8s_GCR_IO_PAUSE_VERSION) \
                            INCLUDE_KUBERNETES_MASTER=$(INCLUDE_KUBERNETES_MASTER) \
                            SONIC_ENABLE_PFCWD_ON_START=$(ENABLE_PFCWD_ON_START) \
diff --git a/build_debian.sh b/build_debian.sh
index e92657e1b1..4d660d5df6 100755
--- a/build_debian.sh
+++ b/build_debian.sh
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ install_kubernetes () {
     ## Check out the sources list update matches current Debian version
     sudo cp files/image_config/kubernetes/kubernetes.list $FILESYSTEM_ROOT/etc/apt/sources.list.d/
     sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get update
+    sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install kubernetes-cni=${KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION}
     sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install kubelet=${ver}
     sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install kubectl=${ver}
     sudo LANG=C chroot $FILESYSTEM_ROOT apt-get -y install kubeadm=${ver}
diff --git a/rules/config b/rules/config
index 664c7e2553..5c9ebb6081 100644
--- a/rules/config
+++ b/rules/config
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ KUBE_DOCKER_PROXY = http://172.16.1.1:3128/
 # NOTE: As a worker node it has to run version compatible to kubernetes master.
 #
 KUBERNETES_VERSION = 1.22.2-00
+KUBERNETES_CNI_VERSION = 0.8.7-00
 K8s_GCR_IO_PAUSE_VERSION = 3.5
 
 # INCLUDE_KUBERNETES_MASTER - if set to y kubernetes packages are installed o be able