diff --git a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 0bc99e9808..dd38e302d1 100644
--- a/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/master/01-master-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ contents:
     ]
     # Based on https://github.com/containers/crun/blob/27d7dd3a0/README.md?plain=1#L48
     container_min_memory = "512KiB"
+    default_annotations = {"run.oci.systemd.subgroup" = ""}
 
     [crio.runtime.workloads.openshift-builder]
     activation_annotation = "io.openshift.builder"
diff --git a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
index 59a560e191..b8019ad1dd 100644
--- a/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
+++ b/templates/worker/01-worker-container-runtime/_base/files/crio.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ contents:
     ]
     # Based on https://github.com/containers/crun/blob/27d7dd3a0/README.md?plain=1#L48
     container_min_memory = "512KiB"
+    default_annotations = {"run.oci.systemd.subgroup" = ""}
 
     [crio.runtime.workloads.openshift-builder]
     activation_annotation = "io.openshift.builder"