diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f11ae576..7c22e24d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ export PATH := $(GOBIN):$(PATH):$(BIN_DIR)
 GOPATH = $(CURDIR)/.gopath
 ORG_PATH = github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg
 PACKAGE = ovs-cni
+OCI_BIN ?= $(shell if podman ps >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo podman; elif docker ps >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo docker; fi)
 REPO_PATH = $(ORG_PATH)/$(PACKAGE)
 BASE = $(GOPATH)/src/$(REPO_PATH)
 PKGS = $(or $(PKG),$(shell cd $(BASE) && env GOPATH=$(GOPATH) $(GO) list ./... | grep -v "$(PACKAGE)/vendor/" | grep -v "$(PACKAGE)/tests/cluster" | grep -v "$(PACKAGE)/tests/node"))
 V = 0
 Q = $(if $(filter 1,$V),,@)
+TLS_SETTING := $(if $(filter $(OCI_BIN),podman),--tls-verify=false,)
 
 all: lint build
 
@@ -78,14 +80,14 @@ functest: $(GO)
 docker-build: $(patsubst %, docker-build-%, $(COMPONENTS))
 
 docker-build-%: build-%
-	docker build -t ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG} ./cmd/$(subst -,/,$*)
+	$(OCI_BIN) build -t ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG} ./cmd/$(subst -,/,$*)
 
 docker-push: $(patsubst %, docker-push-%, $(COMPONENTS))
 
 docker-push-%:
-	docker push ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG}
-	docker tag ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG} ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_GIT_TAG}
-	docker push ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_GIT_TAG}
+	$(OCI_BIN) push ${TLS_SETTING} ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG}
+	$(OCI_BIN) tag ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_TAG} ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_GIT_TAG}
+	$(OCI_BIN) push ${TLS_SETTING} ${REGISTRY}/ovs-cni-$*:${IMAGE_GIT_TAG}
 
 dep: $(GO)
 	$(GO) mod tidy
diff --git a/automation/check-patch.e2e.sh b/automation/check-patch.e2e.sh
index cd6292b3..f36310dc 100755
--- a/automation/check-patch.e2e.sh
+++ b/automation/check-patch.e2e.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # This script should be able to execute functional tests against Kubernetes
 # cluster on any environment with basic dependencies listed in
-# check-patch.packages installed and docker running.
+# check-patch.packages installed and podman / docker running.
 #
 # yum -y install automation/check-patch.packages
 # automation/check-patch.e2e.sh
diff --git a/cluster/cluster.sh b/cluster/cluster.sh
index 1c4dd0b6..d098f392 100755
--- a/cluster/cluster.sh
+++ b/cluster/cluster.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 export KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER=${KUBEVIRT_PROVIDER:-'k8s-1.23'}
-export KUBEVIRTCI_TAG='2202081102-e8daf721'
+export KUBEVIRTCI_TAG=2205030954-99bd4d1
 
 KUBEVIRTCI_REPO='https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirtci.git'
 # The CLUSTER_PATH var is used in cluster folder and points to the _kubevirtci where the cluster is deployed from.
diff --git a/hack/common.sh b/hack/common.sh
index 4ee70e03..fa89d9d6 100644
--- a/hack/common.sh
+++ b/hack/common.sh
@@ -61,3 +61,13 @@ function kubevirt_version() {
     fi
 }
 KUBEVIRT_VERSION="$(kubevirt_version)"
+
+determine_cri_bin() {
+    if podman ps >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo podman
+    elif docker ps >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo docker
+    else
+        echo ""
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/hack/dockerized b/hack/dockerized
index 42a3d74d..291cc288 100755
--- a/hack/dockerized
+++ b/hack/dockerized
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set -e
 source $(dirname "$0")/common.sh
 
 DOCKER_DIR=${KUBEVIRT_DIR}/hack/docker-builder
+OCI_BIN=${OCI_BIN:-$(determine_cri_bin)}
 
 SYNC_OUT=${SYNC_OUT:-true}
 
@@ -20,26 +21,26 @@ if [ -n "$JOB_NAME" -o -n "$TRAVIS_BUILD_ID" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Build the build container
-(cd ${DOCKER_DIR} && docker build . ${BUILD_QUIET} -t ${BUILDER})
+(cd ${DOCKER_DIR} && ${OCI_BIN} build . ${BUILD_QUIET} -t ${BUILDER})
 
 # Create the persistent docker volume
-if [ -z "$(docker volume list | grep ${BUILDER})" ]; then
-    docker volume create --name ${BUILDER}
+if [ -z "$($OCI_BIN volume list | grep ${BUILDER})" ]; then
+    ${OCI_BIN} volume create ${BUILDER}
 fi
 
 # Make sure that the output directory exists
-docker run -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label:disable --rm ${BUILDER} mkdir -p /root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni/_out
+${OCI_BIN} run -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label=disable --rm ${BUILDER} mkdir -p /root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni/_out
 
 # Start an rsyncd instance and make sure it gets stopped after the script exits
-RSYNC_CID=$(docker run -d -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label:disable --expose 873 -P ${BUILDER} /usr/bin/rsync --no-detach --daemon --verbose)
+RSYNC_CID=$($OCI_BIN run -d -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label=disable --expose 873 -P ${BUILDER} /usr/bin/rsync --no-detach --daemon --verbose)
 
 function finish() {
-    docker stop ${RSYNC_CID} >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-    docker rm -f ${RSYNC_CID} >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+    ${OCI_BIN} stop ${RSYNC_CID} >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+    ${OCI_BIN} rm -f ${RSYNC_CID} >/dev/null 2>&1 &
 }
 trap finish EXIT
 
-RSYNCD_PORT=$(docker port $RSYNC_CID 873 | cut -d':' -f2)
+RSYNCD_PORT=$($OCI_BIN port $RSYNC_CID 873 | cut -d':' -f2)
 
 rsynch_fail_count=0
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ _rsync --delete --exclude 'cluster/**/.kubectl' --exclude 'cluster/**/.oc' --exc
 
 # Run the command
 test -t 1 && USE_TTY="-it"
-docker run --rm -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label:disable ${USE_TTY} -w "/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni" ${BUILDER} "$@"
+${OCI_BIN} run --rm -v "${BUILDER}:/root:rw,z" --security-opt label=disable ${USE_TTY} -w "/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni" ${BUILDER} "$@"
 
 # Copy the whole kubevirt data out to get generated sources and formatting changes
 _rsync --exclude 'cluster/**/.kubectl' --exclude 'cluster/**/.oc' --exclude 'cluster/**/.kubeconfig' --exclude "_out" --exclude "vendor" --exclude ".git" "rsync://root@127.0.0.1:${RSYNCD_PORT}/build" ${KUBEVIRT_DIR}/
diff --git a/hack/test-dockerized.sh b/hack/test-dockerized.sh
index 1e1ac53f..e2c48872 100755
--- a/hack/test-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/test-dockerized.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set -e
 source $(dirname "$0")/common.sh
 
 DOCKER_DIR=${KUBEVIRT_DIR}/hack/docker-builder
+OCI_BIN=${OCI_BIN:-$(determine_cri_bin)}
 
 SYNC_OUT=${SYNC_OUT:-true}
 
@@ -37,6 +38,6 @@ if [ -n "$JOB_NAME" -o -n "$TRAVIS_BUILD_ID" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Build the build container
-(cd ${DOCKER_DIR} && docker build . ${BUILD_QUIET} -t ${BUILDER})
+(cd ${DOCKER_DIR} && ${OCI_BIN} build . ${BUILD_QUIET} -t ${BUILDER})
 
-docker run --rm --privileged --network host --cap-add ALL -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules -v `pwd`:/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni -w "/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni" ${BUILDER} make test
+${OCI_BIN} run --rm --privileged --network host -v /lib/modules:/lib/modules -v `pwd`:/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni -w "/root/go/src/github.com/k8snetworkplumbingwg/ovs-cni" ${BUILDER} make test