diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
index 824b346..7868221 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/checksums.yml
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ etcd_binary_checksums:
     v3.5.6: e235cb885996b8aac133975e0077eaf0a2f8dc7062ad052fa7395668a365906b
 cni_binary_checksums:
   arm:
+    v1.6.1: ae44d44a33098145092c850c5f7a91ce5044bed9d66acb13aec19d8cc8b28efe
+    v1.6.0: 10cd1b6b0f7c1e6faf18b2e46ee338beb1e1cce253efc7086f8bc1f4e1061d1a
     v1.4.0: 6cddc5804fff93b914f3314d62fa03f24d69f59c03940e0bbe85a370371b5bb8
     v1.3.0: 86c4c866a01a8073ad14f6feec74de1fd63669786850c7be47521433f9570902
     v1.2.0: fde5bf2da73995196d248177ee8deeafa8005f33cbe1ab33bd2d75c17ca5a99a
@@ -445,6 +447,8 @@ cni_binary_checksums:
     v1.0.1: d35e3e9fd71687fc7e165f7dc7b1e35654b8012995bbfd937946b0681926d62d
     v1.0.0: 910c2ba8b6f50b1081b219d6db04459b555940973249fcf39a792932a91f6d39
   arm64:
+    v1.6.1: f0f440b968ab50ad13d9d42d993ba98ec30b2ec666846f4ef1bddc7646a701cc
+    v1.6.0: db09ab057ecf60b05ba05cbec38d55b95cc139c7f1078e2e4857cc13af158cee
     v1.4.0: 304d4389d5b732b7a73513d002c4895f731d030682d40653f411e10e39114194
     v1.3.0: de7a666fd6ad83a228086bd55756db62ef335a193d1b143d910b69f079e30598
     v1.2.0: 525e2b62ba92a1b6f3dc9612449a84aa61652e680f7ebf4eff579795fe464b57
@@ -453,6 +457,8 @@ cni_binary_checksums:
     v1.0.1: 2d4528c45bdd0a8875f849a75082bc4eafe95cb61f9bcc10a6db38a031f67226
     v1.0.0: 736335bc5923a37cfb6cc2305489ce6206bcc565004f525b5f7c3604f092aa3a
   amd64:
+    v1.6.1: 2503ce29ac445715ebe146073f45468153f9e28f45fa173cb060cfd9e735f563
+    v1.6.0: 682b49ff8933a997a52107161f1745f8312364b4c7f605ccdf7a77499130d89d
     v1.4.0: c2485ddb3ffc176578ae30ae58137f0b88e50f7c7f2af7d53a569276b2949a33
     v1.3.0: 754a71ed60a4bd08726c3af705a7d55ee3df03122b12e389fdba4bea35d7dd7e
     v1.2.0: f3a841324845ca6bf0d4091b4fc7f97e18a623172158b72fc3fdcdb9d42d2d37
@@ -461,6 +467,8 @@ cni_binary_checksums:
     v1.0.1: 5238fbb2767cbf6aae736ad97a7aa29167525dcd405196dfbc064672a730d3cf
     v1.0.0: 5894883eebe3e38f4474810d334b00dc5ec59bd01332d1f92ca4eb142a67d2e8
   ppc64le:
+    v1.6.1: f77cba3a8b190330b3b234fad0d999a4b8d9a2fa282570fd60313980ec2d007d
+    v1.6.0: d8d4bd74247407c8c73de057bc00adac28bb1ed2d2ee60a9dda278e3b398bcc2
     v1.4.0: c87a36a75ad1692933e3218cae734ba809ae2190c725a050ac9033fc96d2ed26
     v1.3.0: 8ceff026f4eccf33c261b4153af6911e10784ac169d08c1d86cf6887b9f4e99b
     v1.2.0: 4960283b88d53b8c45ff7a938a6b398724005313e0388e0a36bd6d0b2bb5acdc
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 067b673..12cf732 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ calico_apiserver_enabled: false
 flannel_version: "v0.22.0"
 flannel_cni_version: "v1.1.2"
 weave_version: 2.8.7
-cni_version: "v1.4.0"
+cni_version: "v1.6.1"
 
 cilium_version: "v1.15.4"
 cilium_cli_version: "v0.16.0"