diff --git a/jobs/e2e_node/containerd/config.toml b/jobs/e2e_node/containerd/config.toml
index ec7e816f39a25..4b5bdab1750b7 100644
--- a/jobs/e2e_node/containerd/config.toml
+++ b/jobs/e2e_node/containerd/config.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,8 @@ disabled_plugins = ["restart"]
 # Runtime handler used for runtime class test.
 [plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.test-handler]
   runtime_type = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
+
+# Enable registry.k8s.io as the primary mirror for k8s.gcr.io
+# See: https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io/issues/3411
+[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".registry.mirrors."k8s.gcr.io"]
+  endpoint = ["https://registry.k8s.io", "https://k8s.gcr.io",]