diff --git a/scripts/install-worker.sh b/scripts/install-worker.sh
index 826b28d98..46f39c58a 100644
--- a/scripts/install-worker.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-worker.sh
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ if [[ "$INSTALL_DOCKER" == "true" ]]; then
     sudo mv $TEMPLATE_DIR/docker-daemon.json /etc/docker/daemon.json
     sudo chown root:root /etc/docker/daemon.json
 
+    # https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-eks-ami/issues/563
+    # Due to an issue with the latest containerd, customers are seeing
+    # pods getting stuck in terminating, so we need to downgrade containerd
+    # until the issue is fixed upstream or we have another workaround.
+    sudo yum downgrade -y containerd-1.3.2-1.amzn2
+
     # Enable docker daemon to start on boot.
     sudo systemctl daemon-reload
     sudo systemctl enable docker