diff --git a/gremlin/templates/_helpers.tpl b/gremlin/templates/_helpers.tpl
index c5db6d8..20054c2 100644
--- a/gremlin/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/gremlin/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ Create a computed value for the intended Gremlin secret type which can either be
 {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
+{{- /* GKE Container Optimized OS with Containerd cannot */ -}}
+{{- /* mount the state/logs volumes, so detect that here */ -}}
+{{- define "gkeCOSContainerd" -}}
+{{- $output := false }}
+{{- range $index, $node := (lookup "v1" "Node" "" "").items -}}
+  {{- $gkeRuntime := index $node.metadata.labels "cloud.google.com/gke-container-runtime" -}}
+  {{- $gkeOS := index $node.metadata.labels "cloud.google.com/gke-os-distribution" -}}
+  {{- $output = (or $output (and (eq $gkeRuntime "containerd") (eq $gkeOS "cos"))) -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{ $output }}
+{{- end -}}
+
 {{- define "pspApiVersion" -}}
 {{- if .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "policy/v1/PodSecurityPolicy" -}}
 {{- "policy/v1" -}}
diff --git a/gremlin/templates/daemonset.yaml b/gremlin/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 25b4a23..1608750 100644
--- a/gremlin/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/gremlin/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -126,12 +126,14 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.ssl.certDir }}
           {{- end }}
         volumeMounts:
+          {{- if not (include "gkeCOSContainerd" .) }}
           - name: gremlin-state
             mountPath: /var/lib/gremlin
             readOnly: false
           - name: gremlin-logs
             mountPath: /var/log/gremlin
             readOnly: false
+          {{- end }}
           - name: cgroup-root
             mountPath: /sys/fs/cgroup
             readOnly: true