diff --git a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
index b73843cb4b02..e53fd55234fd 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/tracing"
 	"github.com/containerd/errdefs"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
 	ctrdutil "github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/cri/util"
@@ -1745,3 +1747,6 @@ func (in *instrumentedService) ListPodSandboxMetrics(ctx context.Context, r *run
 	res, err = in.c.ListPodSandboxMetrics(ctx, r)
 	return res, errdefs.ToGRPC(err)
 }
+func (in *instrumentedService) RuntimeConfig(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RuntimeConfigRequest) (res *runtime.RuntimeConfigResponse, err error) {
+	return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "method RuntimeConfig not implemented")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cri/sbserver/service.go b/pkg/cri/sbserver/service.go
index c01943535407..6bd2a937c865 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/sbserver/service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/sbserver/service.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package sbserver
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/go-cni"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/cri/store/label"
@@ -411,3 +414,7 @@ func ValidateMode(modeStr string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("unknown sandbox controller mode: %s", modeStr)
 	}
 }
+
+func (in *criService) RuntimeConfig(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RuntimeConfigRequest) (res *runtime.RuntimeConfigResponse, err error) {
+	return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "method RuntimeConfig not implemented")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cri/server/service.go b/pkg/cri/server/service.go
index f5caa68d4b4b..e7e7d5ac9355 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/service.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import (
 	cni "github.com/containerd/go-cni"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	runtime "k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1"
 
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/cri/store/label"
@@ -426,3 +428,7 @@ func loadBaseOCISpecs(config *criconfig.Config) (map[string]*oci.Spec, error) {
 
 	return specs, nil
 }
+
+func (in *criService) RuntimeConfig(ctx context.Context, r *runtime.RuntimeConfigRequest) (res *runtime.RuntimeConfigResponse, err error) {
+	return nil, status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "method RuntimeConfig not implemented")
+}