diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
index a2dab27e588..6dd7a519a5f 100644
--- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ func getCgroupDriverFromCRI(ctx context.Context, s *options.KubeletServer, kubeD
 			}
 			// CRI implementation doesn't support RuntimeConfig, fallback
 			legacyregistry.MustRegister(kubeletmetrics.CRILosingSupport)
-			kubeletmetrics.CRILosingSupport.WithLabelValues("1.36.0").Inc()
+			kubeletmetrics.CRILosingSupport.WithLabelValues("1.37.0").Inc()
 			logger.Info("CRI implementation should be updated to support RuntimeConfig. Falling back to using cgroupDriver from kubelet config.")
 			return nil
 		}
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_driver_from_cri_test.go b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_driver_from_cri_test.go
index 4b406fc8e5e..9433609f818 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/cgroup_driver_from_cri_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/cgroup_driver_from_cri_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("Cgroup Driver From CRI", feature.CriProxy, framework.WithSe
 			samples := m[kubeletmetrics.KubeletSubsystem+"_"+kubeletmetrics.CRILosingSupportKey]
 
 			gomega.Expect(samples).NotTo(gomega.BeEmpty())
-			gomega.Expect(samples[0].Metric["version"]).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("1.36.0"))
+			gomega.Expect(samples[0].Metric["version"]).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("1.37.0"))
 		})
 		ginkgo.It("should not emit metric if CRI is new enough", func() {
 			restartKubelet(context.Background(), true)