diff --git a/install/pre-install-payload/scripts/reqs-deploy.sh b/install/pre-install-payload/scripts/reqs-deploy.sh
index 9bb23052..1530e38c 100755
--- a/install/pre-install-payload/scripts/reqs-deploy.sh
+++ b/install/pre-install-payload/scripts/reqs-deploy.sh
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ function configure_nydus_snapshotter_for_containerd() {
 		echo -e "[proxy_plugins]" >>"$containerd_config"
 		echo -e "$proxy_config" >>"$containerd_config"
 	fi
+
+	sed -i -e 's/snapshotter = \"overlayfs\"/snapshotter = \"nydus\"/g' "$containerd_config"
 }
 
 function remove_nydus_snapshotter_from_containerd() {