diff --git a/hack/release.toml b/hack/release.toml
index f57f5c5e81..deb18b851a 100644
--- a/hack/release.toml
+++ b/hack/release.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ preface = """
         description = """\
 * Linux: 6.12.9
 * runc: 1.2.4
+* containerd: 2.0.2
 
 Talos is built with Go 1.23.4.
 """
diff --git a/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go
index 6ae6ccad83..1aceca1047 100644
--- a/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/syslogd/internal/parser/parse_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 package parser_test
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
+	year := time.Now().Year()
+
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
 		name     string
 		input    []byte
@@ -22,27 +26,27 @@ func TestParser(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "RFC3164 without tag and hostname",
 			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
-			expected: `{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"unknown","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf(`{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"unknown","timestamp":"%d-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, year), //nolint:lll
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "RFC3164 timestamp contains single digit day",
 			input:    []byte(`<6>Mar  3 12:55:18 syslogd_test[834097]: Hello, syslogd!`),
-			expected: `{"content":"Hello, syslogd!","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":6,"severity":6,"tag":"syslogd_test","timestamp":"2024-03-03T12:55:18Z"}`,
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf(`{"content":"Hello, syslogd!","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":6,"severity":6,"tag":"syslogd_test","timestamp":"%d-03-03T12:55:18Z"}`, year),
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "RFC3164 timestamp contains single digit day & without tag and hostname",
 			input:    []byte(`<6>Mar  3 12:55:18 Hello, syslogd!`),
-			expected: `{"content":"Hello, syslogd!","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":6,"severity":6,"tag":"unknown","timestamp":"2024-03-03T12:55:18Z"}`,
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf(`{"content":"Hello, syslogd!","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":6,"severity":6,"tag":"unknown","timestamp":"%d-03-03T12:55:18Z"}`, year),
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "RFC3164 without hostname",
 			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 kata[2569]: time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
-			expected: `{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf(`{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"localhost","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"%d-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, year), //nolint:lll
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "RFC3164 with hostname",
 			input:    []byte(`<4>Feb 16 17:54:19 hostname kata[2569]: time="2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z" level=warning msg="Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup`),
-			expected: `{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"hostname","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"2024-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, //nolint:lll
+			expected: fmt.Sprintf(`{"content":"time=\"2024-02-16T17:54:19.857755073Z\" level=warning msg=\"Could not add /dev/mshv to the devices cgroup","facility":0,"hostname":"hostname","priority":4,"severity":4,"tag":"kata","timestamp":"%d-02-16T17:54:19Z"}`, year), //nolint:lll
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "RFC5424",
diff --git a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
index cf6d3e0ee0..3788ae91ef 100644
--- a/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/machinery/constants/constants.go
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ const (
 	TrustdUserID = 51
 
 	// DefaultContainerdVersion is the default container runtime version.
-	DefaultContainerdVersion = "2.0.1"
+	DefaultContainerdVersion = "2.0.2"
 
 	// SystemContainerdNamespace is the Containerd namespace for Talos services.
 	SystemContainerdNamespace = "system"