diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/conmon-config.h b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/conmon-config.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 1783492d0d8b8555e66bf0be44306cc758b8bcac..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/conmon-config.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-#if !defined(CONFIG_H)
-#define CONFIG_H
-
-#define BUF_SIZE 8192
-#define STDIO_BUF_SIZE 8192
-#define DEFAULT_SOCKET_PATH "/var/run/crio"
-
-#endif // CONFIG_H
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
index d0f12d3d77593f0906eae502dc23bd0e757200c1..baddc429e9a93424315ee10f82bfe1487c6a8a89 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.hash
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ sha256 05f9614c4d5970b4662499b84c270b0ab953596ee863dcd09c9dc7a2d2f09789 v1.16.0.
 sha256 57e1ee990ef2d5af8b32c33a21b4998682608e3556dcf1d3349666f55e7d95b9 v1.16.1.tar.gz
 sha256 23a797762e4544ee7c171ef138cfc1141a3f0acc2838d9965c2a58e53b16c3ae v1.17.0.tar.gz
 sha256 7967e9218fdfb59d6005a9e19c1668469bc5566c2a35927cffe7de8656bb22c7 v1.17.1.tar.gz
+sha256 865ded95aceb3a33a391b252522682de6b37b39498704c490b3a321dbefaafcb v1.18.0.tar.gz
+sha256 794ddc36c2a20fde91fc6cc2c6f02ebdaea85c69b51b67f3994090dbbdbc2a50 v1.18.1.tar.gz
diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
index f1a58a31b75b2affb7bad9b52e12aa4d218d276d..231ae378662c9b979e7043b12ba8b9a9530b5983 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/crio-bin.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-CRIO_BIN_VERSION = v1.17.1
-CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = ee2de87bd8e2a7a84799476cb4fc4ce8a78fdf6d
+CRIO_BIN_VERSION = v1.18.1
+CRIO_BIN_COMMIT = 5cbf694c34f8d1af19eb873e39057663a4830635
 CRIO_BIN_SITE = https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/archive
 CRIO_BIN_SOURCE = $(CRIO_BIN_VERSION).tar.gz
 CRIO_BIN_DEPENDENCIES = host-go libgpgme