diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-dockerd/molecule/default/molecule.yml b/roles/container-engine/cri-dockerd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
index 787023764..631e63599 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-dockerd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-dockerd/molecule/default/molecule.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ provisioner:
     group_vars:
       all:
         become: true
+      k8s_cluster:
+        container_manager: docker
   playbooks:
     create: ../../../../../tests/cloud_playbooks/create-kubevirt.yml
     prepare: ../../../molecule/prepare.yml