diff --git a/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_cni_plugins.sh b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_cni_plugins.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..da5c1550b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/jenkins/installers/check_install_cni_plugins.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eux -o pipefail
+
+CNI_PLUGIN_VERSION="v1.2.0"
+CNI_PLUGIN_TAR="cni-plugins-linux-amd64-$CNI_PLUGIN_VERSION.tgz"
+CNI_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR="/opt/cni/bin"
+
+curl -qL -O "https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/$CNI_PLUGIN_VERSION/$CNI_PLUGIN_TAR"
+sudo rm -rf "$CNI_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR"
+sudo mkdir -p "$CNI_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR"
+sudo tar -xf "$CNI_PLUGIN_TAR" -C "$CNI_PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR"
+rm "$CNI_PLUGIN_TAR"
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
index 9bce63c99b..7d71ad4ccc 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/linux_integration_tests_none.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if ! which socat &>/dev/null; then
   sudo apt-get -qq -y install socat
 fi
 
-# cri-dockerd is required for Kubernetes 1.24 and higher for none driver
+# cri-dockerd is required for Kubernetes v1.24+ with none driver
 if ! cri-dockerd --version &>/dev/null; then
   echo "WARNING: cri-dockerd is not installed. will try to install."
   CRI_DOCKERD_VERSION="v0.3.1"
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if ! cri-dockerd --version &>/dev/null; then
   sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/cri-dockerd
 fi
 
-# crictl is required for Kubernetes 1.24 and higher for none driver
+# crictl is required for Kubernetes v1.24+ with none driver
 if ! crictl &>/dev/null; then
   echo "WARNING: crictl is not installed. will try to install."
   CRICTL_VERSION="v1.17.0"
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ if ! crictl &>/dev/null; then
   sudo tar zxvf crictl-$CRICTL_VERSION-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
 fi
 
+# cni-plugins is required for Kubernetes v1.24+ with none driver
+./installers/check_install_cni_plugins.sh
+
 # We need this for reasons now
 sudo sysctl fs.protected_regular=0