diff --git a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
index 51a7fc865ea8..9613ac76fc7f 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/instrument/instrumented_service.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/services/warning"
 	runtime_alpha "github.com/containerd/containerd/third_party/k8s.io/cri-api/pkg/apis/runtime/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/tracing"
+	"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 9348c6081a7b..426edc5de5ed 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"
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ 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"
@@ -410,3 +413,7 @@ 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 5d946f4a2dff..ccf879fd5b3f 100644
--- a/pkg/cri/server/service.go
+++ b/pkg/cri/server/service.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ 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"
@@ -382,3 +385,7 @@ 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")
+}