diff --git a/pkg/limayaml/defaults.go b/pkg/limayaml/defaults.go
index f69a320f9ba..ce525ec0f7b 100644
--- a/pkg/limayaml/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/limayaml/defaults.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func defaultCPUType() CPUType {
 }
 
 func defaultContainerdArchives() []File {
-	const nerdctlVersion = "1.7.6"
+	const nerdctlVersion = "2.0.0-rc.1"
 	location := func(goos string, goarch string) string {
 		return "https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl/releases/download/v" + nerdctlVersion + "/nerdctl-full-" + nerdctlVersion + "-" + goos + "-" + goarch + ".tar.gz"
 	}
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ func defaultContainerdArchives() []File {
 		{
 			Location: location("linux", "amd64"),
 			Arch:     X8664,
-			Digest:   "sha256:2c841e097fcfb5a1760bd354b3778cb695b44cd01f9f271c17507dc4a0b25606",
+			Digest:   "", // WIP
 		},
 		{
 			Location: location("linux", "arm64"),
 			Arch:     AARCH64,
-			Digest:   "sha256:77c747f09853ee3d229d77e8de0dd3c85622537d82be57433dc1fca4493bab95",
+			Digest:   "", // WIP
 		},
 		// No arm-v7
 		// No riscv64