diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d51ee6bc2..9c212027d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - fix(cudacompat): Fix handling of CUDA compat on Orin
 - Update systemd unit conditions to execute nvidia-smi
 - Reintroduce restart logic to nvidia-cdi-refresh.service
+- [cri-o config] fix drop-in config directory used for config overrides
 
 ## v1.19.0
 - Promote v1.19.0-rc.7 to v1.19.0
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/crio/crio.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/crio/crio.go
index a388815b8..cc16d0383 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/crio/crio.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/container/runtime/crio/crio.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const (
 
 	// Config-based settings
 	DefaultConfig       = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
-	DefaultDropInConfig = "/etc/crio/conf.d/99-nvidia.toml"
+	DefaultDropInConfig = "/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/99-nvidia.toml"
 
 	DefaultSocket      = "/var/run/crio/crio.sock"
 	DefaultRestartMode = "systemd"
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
index cf73eb7fe..19ae70d9c 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/runtime/configure/configure.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const (
 	defaultDockerConfigFilePath     = "/etc/docker/daemon.json"
 
 	defaultContainerdDropInConfigFilePath = "/etc/containerd/conf.d/99-nvidia.toml"
-	defaultCrioDropInConfigFilePath       = "/etc/crio/conf.d/99-nvidia.toml"
+	defaultCrioDropInConfigFilePath       = "/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/99-nvidia.toml"
 
 	defaultConfigSource = configSourceFile
 	configSourceCommand = "command"