diff --git a/k8s/lib.sh b/k8s/lib.sh
index e31ace822..e81b7aefd 100755
--- a/k8s/lib.sh
+++ b/k8s/lib.sh
@@ -99,9 +99,11 @@ k8s::remove::containerd() {
 
   # only remove containerd if the snap was already bootstrapped.
   # this is to prevent removing containerd when it is not installed by the snap.
-  if [ -f "$SNAP_COMMON/lock/containerd-socket-path" ]; then
-     rm -f $(cat "$SNAP_COMMON/lock/containerd-socket-path")
-  fi
+  for file in "containerd-socket-path" "containerd-config-dir" "containerd-root-dir" "containerd-cni-bin-dir"; do
+    if [ -f "$SNAP_COMMON/lock/$file" ]; then
+      rm -rf $(cat "$SNAP_COMMON/lock/$file")
+    fi
+  done
 }
 
 # Run a ctr command against the local containerd socket
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd.go
index e3213e4c2..9e6a3bd1a 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd.go
@@ -159,14 +159,30 @@ func Containerd(snap snap.Snap, extraContainerdConfig map[string]any, extraArgs
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Write the containerd socket path to a file to properly clean-up on removal.
-	if err := utils.WriteFile(filepath.Join(snap.LockFilesDir(), "containerd-socket-path"), []byte(snap.ContainerdSocketDir()), 0o600); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to write containerd-socket-path: %w", err)
+	if err := saveSnapContainerdPaths(snap); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
+func saveSnapContainerdPaths(s snap.Snap) error {
+	// Write the containerd-related paths to files to properly clean-up on removal.
+	m := map[string]string{
+		"containerd-socket-path": s.ContainerdSocketDir(),
+		"containerd-config-dir":  s.ContainerdConfigDir(),
+		"containerd-root-dir":    s.ContainerdSocketDir(),
+		"containerd-cni-bin-dir": s.CNIBinDir(),
+	}
+
+	for filename, content := range m {
+		if err := utils.WriteFile(filepath.Join(s.LockFilesDir(), filename), []byte(content), 0o600); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to write %s: %w", filename, err)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func init() {
 	images.Register(defaultPauseImage)
 }
diff --git a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd_test.go b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd_test.go
index 904bd11ce..2c4460a2b 100644
--- a/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd_test.go
+++ b/src/k8s/pkg/k8sd/setup/containerd_test.go
@@ -121,10 +121,19 @@ func TestContainerd(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 
-	t.Run("Lockfile", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Lockfiles", func(t *testing.T) {
 		g := NewWithT(t)
-		b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.LockFilesDir(), "containerd-socket-path"))
-		g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
-		g.Expect(string(b)).To(Equal(s.ContainerdSocketDir()))
+		m := map[string]string{
+			"containerd-socket-path": s.ContainerdSocketDir(),
+			"containerd-config-dir":  s.ContainerdConfigDir(),
+			"containerd-root-dir":    s.ContainerdSocketDir(),
+			"containerd-cni-bin-dir": s.CNIBinDir(),
+		}
+		for filename, content := range m {
+
+			b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.LockFilesDir(), filename))
+			g.Expect(err).To(Not(HaveOccurred()))
+			g.Expect(string(b)).To(Equal(content))
+		}
 	})
 }