diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
index 675e200b1..5feb32d9e 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/download.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ docker_image_pull_command: "{{ docker_bin_dir }}/docker pull"
 docker_image_info_command: "{{ docker_bin_dir }}/docker images -q | xargs -i {{ '{{' }} docker_bin_dir }}/docker inspect -f {% raw %}'{{ '{{' }} if .RepoTags }}{{ '{{' }} join .RepoTags \",\" }}{{ '{{' }} end }}{{ '{{' }} if .RepoDigests }},{{ '{{' }} join .RepoDigests \",\" }}{{ '{{' }} end }}' {% endraw %} {} | tr '\n' ','"
 nerdctl_image_info_command: "{{ bin_dir }}/nerdctl -n k8s.io images --format '{% raw %}{{ .Repository }}:{{ .Tag }}{% endraw %}' 2>/dev/null | grep -v ^:$ | tr '\n' ','"
 # Using the ctr instead of nerdctl to workdaround the https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/issues/10670
-nerdctl_image_pull_command: "{{ bin_dir }}/ctr -n k8s.io images pull"
+nerdctl_image_pull_command: "{{ bin_dir }}/ctr -n k8s.io images pull{% if containerd_registries_mirrors is defined %} --hosts-dir {{ containerd_cfg_dir }}/certs.d{%- endif -%}"
 crictl_image_info_command: "{{ bin_dir }}/crictl images --verbose | awk -F ': ' '/RepoTags|RepoDigests/ {print $2}' | tr '\n' ','"
 crictl_image_pull_command: "{{ bin_dir }}/crictl pull"