diff --git a/images/base/Dockerfile b/images/base/Dockerfile
index cf6a78e24c..dd1fd03577 100644
--- a/images/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base/Dockerfile
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 
 # Configure containerd and runc binaries from kind-ci/containerd-nightlies repository
 # The repository contains latest stable releases and nightlies built for multiple architectures
-ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION="1.5.0-beta.0-69-gb3f240206"
+ARG CONTAINERD_VERSION="1.5.0-beta.1-31-g757be0a09"
 ARG CONTAINERD_BASE_URL="https://github.com/kind-ci/containerd-nightlies/releases/download/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}"
 ARG CONTAINERD_URL="${CONTAINERD_BASE_URL}/containerd-${CONTAINERD_VERSION}.linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz"
-ARG CONTAINERD_AMD64_SHA256SUM="ff1df0c1cfdfe05c8d04ea909172d791b316322643cea3f37151755ef1feb8fd"
-ARG CONTAINERD_ARM64_SHA256SUM="972411f483670c45db8c7d691a3135292d532db1673e71aa770f8bb85a788e68"
-ARG CONTAINERD_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="31c552a7850d7c5d086d649f0ecadf5a577e39914894473127c5954c29ce1b73"
+ARG CONTAINERD_AMD64_SHA256SUM="2a57eddde7a7cf7b8cd71a9164fa89dddbb9a4b18d28283bad58de35f821a5ba"
+ARG CONTAINERD_ARM64_SHA256SUM="45237edb38fc9768681e2bb86618b20853f5d27ce544d1004ab738fb710ba99a"
+ARG CONTAINERD_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="f54b8973bdc7b119eb4e7ac642cf7652d35954b37f97a7c1fa71f3d062badc29"
 
 ARG RUNC_URL="${CONTAINERD_BASE_URL}/runc.${TARGETARCH}"
-ARG RUNC_AMD64_SHA256SUM="9e0ae8a11d328bc25122c28f77ffdb697fc7023c2fbaf4205f172a86d3b2102a"
-ARG RUNC_ARM64_SHA256SUM="fff35c1288c0f9b6fc2f3fd07cfae4c4c93a4ddc901276380d9cdcd1b2c2db19"
-ARG RUNC_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="7678e7ff9b9900aae71d893e059cf799e5110e6e32c5f33a94a2a80fc61ac163"
+ARG RUNC_AMD64_SHA256SUM="7e7760a5da00a417b00f73617094e8eb130786f5dae5ea943f78390be6bb8c00"
+ARG RUNC_ARM64_SHA256SUM="4fa03b63c909d6dd28562f1375e86db3742c76736cd4f22eda793c7e782999c6"
+ARG RUNC_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="a8de92a9bd6fb67c6b127809abbd59101099900ec825e275687b5158411dc8be"
 
 # Configure crictl binary from upstream
 ARG CRICTL_VERSION="v1.20.0"
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ ARG CRICTL_ARM64_SHA256SUM="eda6879710eb046d335162d4afe8494c6f8161142ad318802285
 ARG CRICTL_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="da0c052983ba884f9605b14bf627664df67fcdb41c7f6908368bf4745f889b26"
 
 # Configure CNI binaries from upstream
-ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION="v0.9.0"
+ARG CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION="v0.9.1"
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_TARBALL="${CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION}/cni-plugins-linux-${TARGETARCH}-${CNI_PLUGINS_VERSION}.tgz"
 ARG CNI_PLUGINS_URL="https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/${CNI_PLUGINS_TARBALL}"
-ARG CNI_PLUGINS_AMD64_SHA256SUM="58a58d389895ba9f9bbd3ef330f186c0bb7484136d0bfb9b50152eed55d9ec24"
-ARG CNI_PLUGINS_ARM64_SHA256SUM="49bdf1d3c852a831964aea8c9d12340b36107ee756d8328403905ff599abc6f5"
-ARG CNI_PLUGINS_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="d37829b5eeca0c941b4478203c75c6cc26d9cfc1d6c8bb451c0008e0c02a025f"
+ARG CNI_PLUGINS_AMD64_SHA256SUM="962100bbc4baeaaa5748cdbfce941f756b1531c2eadb290129401498bfac21e7"
+ARG CNI_PLUGINS_ARM64_SHA256SUM="ef17764ffd6cdcb16d76401bac1db6acc050c9b088f1be5efa0e094ea3b01df0"
+ARG CNI_PLUGINS_PPC64LE_SHA256SUM="5bd3c82ef248e5c6cc388f25545aa5a7d318778e5f9bc0a31475361bb27acefe"
 
 # copy in static files (configs, scripts)
 COPY files/ /
diff --git a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
index 291faf2677..07763643f4 100644
--- a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ package nodeimage
 const DefaultImage = "kindest/node:latest"
 
 // DefaultBaseImage is the default base image used
-const DefaultBaseImage = "kindest/base:v20210213-4187cf67"
+const DefaultBaseImage = "kindest/base:v20210223-609a941a"
 
 // DefaultMode is the default kubernetes build mode for the built image
 // see pkg/build/kube.Bits