diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 9c6df2cf002d..a39c81b3182b 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ EOF
         fi
         trap cleanup EXIT
         ctr version
-        critest --parallel=$(nproc) --report-dir="${REPORT_DIR}" --ginkgo.skip='HostIpc is true'
+
+        # TODO run in parallel, see https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/6903
+        critest --ginkgo.skip='HostIpc is true' --report-dir="${REPORT_DIR}"
     SHELL
   end
 
diff --git a/script/setup/critools-version b/script/setup/critools-version
index eecca7cc6a60..de8c3cf6c3ad 100644
--- a/script/setup/critools-version
+++ b/script/setup/critools-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-53ad8bb7f97e1b1d1c0c0634e43a3c2b8b07b718
+v1.24.0