diff --git a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/registries.conf b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/registries.conf
index 409f31d8969f..d44d892da3c1 100644
--- a/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/registries.conf
+++ b/deploy/iso/minikube-iso/package/crio-bin/registries.conf
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-[registries.search]
-registries = ['docker.io']
-
-[registries.insecure]
-registries = []
+unqualified-search-registries = ["docker.io"]
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
index 9e42dfa2c024..c79f8718a785 100644
--- a/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/Dockerfile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ ARG NERDCTLD_VERSION="0.7.0"
 COPY 10-network-security.conf /etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf
 COPY 11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf /etc/sysctl.d/11-tcp-mtu-probing.conf
 COPY 02-crio.conf /etc/crio/crio.conf.d/02-crio.conf
+COPY registries.conf /etc/containers/registries.conf
 COPY containerd.toml /etc/containerd/config.toml
 COPY containerd_docker_io_hosts.toml /etc/containerd/certs.d/docker.io/hosts.toml
 COPY clean-install /usr/local/bin/clean-install
diff --git a/deploy/kicbase/registries.conf b/deploy/kicbase/registries.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d44d892da3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/kicbase/registries.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unqualified-search-registries = ["docker.io"]