diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d05aa510c0..d5650f5d0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ milestones.
 ### Install crictl
 
 ```sh
-VERSION="v1.28.0"
+VERSION="v1.30.0"
 wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/$VERSION/crictl-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sudo tar zxvf crictl-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
 rm -f crictl-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ rm -f crictl-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 ### Install critest
 
 ```sh
-VERSION="v1.28.0"
+VERSION="v1.30.0"
 wget https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/$VERSION/critest-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz
 sudo tar zxvf critest-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
 rm -f critest-$VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz