diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
index d55b5bfd42a7..c9760938b750 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2505.section.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
   [v1.7.0](https://github.com/jtroo/kanata/releases/tag/v1.7.0)
   for more information.
 
+- `containerd` has been updated to v2, which contains breaking changes. See the [containerd
+  2.0](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/main/docs/containerd-2.0.md) documentation for more
+  details.
+
 - the notmuch vim plugin now lives in a separate output of the `notmuch`
   package. Installing `notmuch` will not bring the notmuch vim package anymore,
   add `vimPlugins.notmuch-vim` to your (Neo)vim configuration if you want the
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/containerd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/containerd/package.nix
index 7e0f530f8a4e..9fcc063343ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/containerd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/containerd/package.nix
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 buildGoModule rec {
   pname = "containerd";
-  version = "1.7.23";
+  version = "2.0.0";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "containerd";
     repo = "containerd";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-vuOefU1cZr1pKCYHKyDBx/ohghgPlXhK3a38PQKH0pc=";
+    hash = "sha256-DFAP+zjBYP2SpyD8KXGvI3i/PUZ6d4jdzGyFfr1lzj4=";
   };
 
   vendorHash = null;