diff --git a/context/rootfs/etc/kubeadm.yml b/context/rootfs/etc/kubeadm.yml
index 3926c7b..d512c22 100644
--- a/context/rootfs/etc/kubeadm.yml
+++ b/context/rootfs/etc/kubeadm.yml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ authorization:
   webhook:
     cacheAuthorizedTTL: 5m0s
     cacheUnauthorizedTTL: 30s
-cgroupDriver: cgroupfs
+cgroupDriver: systemd
 cgroupsPerQOS: true
 clusterDomain: cluster.local
 configMapAndSecretChangeDetectionStrategy: Watch