diff --git a/module-workers.tf b/module-workers.tf
index 9fb663c5..48821788 100644
--- a/module-workers.tf
+++ b/module-workers.tf
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ module "workers" {
   ad_numbers_to_names = local.ad_numbers_to_names
 
   # Cluster
-  apiserver_private_host = local.apiserver_private_host
-  cluster_ca_cert        = local.cluster_ca_cert
-  cluster_dns            = var.cluster_dns
-  cluster_id             = coalesce(var.cluster_id, one(module.cluster[*].cluster_id))
-  cluster_type           = var.cluster_type
-  kubernetes_version     = var.kubernetes_version
+  apiserver_private_host            = local.apiserver_private_host
+  cluster_ca_cert                   = local.cluster_ca_cert
+  cluster_dns                       = var.cluster_dns
+  cluster_id                        = coalesce(var.cluster_id, one(module.cluster[*].cluster_id))
+  cluster_type                      = var.cluster_type
+  kubernetes_version                = var.kubernetes_version
+  allow_short_container_image_names = var.allow_short_container_image_names
 
   # Compute clusters
   compute_clusters = var.worker_compute_clusters
diff --git a/modules/workers/cloudinit.tf b/modules/workers/cloudinit.tf
index bb17b440..196f1d8b 100644
--- a/modules/workers/cloudinit.tf
+++ b/modules/workers/cloudinit.tf
@@ -96,6 +96,28 @@ data "cloudinit_config" "workers" {
     }
   }
 
+  # Disable CRI-O enforce shortnames mode (for versions greater than 1.34)
+  dynamic "part" {
+    for_each = tonumber(split(".", each.value.kubernetes_version)[1]) >= 34 && var.allow_short_container_image_names ? [1] : []
+    content {
+      content_type = "text/cloud-config"
+      content = jsonencode({
+        write_files = [
+          {
+            content = <<-EOT
+            [crio.image]
+            short_name_mode = "disabled"
+            EOT
+            path    = "/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/11-default.conf"
+          }
+        ]
+      })
+      filename   = "50-crio-config.yml"
+      merge_type = local.default_cloud_init_merge_type
+    }
+  }
+
+
   # OKE setup and initialization for Ubuntu images
   dynamic "part" {
     for_each = !each.value.disable_default_cloud_init && lookup(local.ubuntu_worker_pools, each.key, null) != null ? [1] : []
diff --git a/modules/workers/variables.tf b/modules/workers/variables.tf
index 50b57462..ab2c18fd 100644
--- a/modules/workers/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/workers/variables.tf
@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ variable "legacy_imds_endpoints_disabled" {
   type        = bool
 }
 
+variable "allow_short_container_image_names" {
+  default     = false
+  description = "Whether to allow short container image names for K8s version >= 1.34.0. See <a href=https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pull/9401>CRI-O pull request</a> for more information."
+  type        = bool
+}
+
 variable "platform_config" {
   default     = null
   description = "Default platform_config for self-managed worker pools created with mode: 'instance', 'instance-pool', or 'cluster-network'. See <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/api/#/en/iaas/20160918/datatypes/PlatformConfig>PlatformConfig</a> for more information."
@@ -316,7 +322,7 @@ variable "platform_config" {
 }
 
 variable "agent_config" {
-  description = "Default agent_config for self-managed worker pools created with mode: 'instance', 'instance-pool', or 'cluster-network'. See <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/api/#/en/iaas/20160918/datatypes/InstanceAgentConfig for more information."
+  description = "Default agent_config for self-managed worker pools created with mode: 'instance', 'instance-pool', or 'cluster-network'. See <a href=https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/api/#/en/iaas/20160918/datatypes/InstanceAgentConfig>InstanceConfig</a> for more information."
   type = object({
     are_all_plugins_disabled = bool,
     is_management_disabled   = bool,
diff --git a/variables-workers.tf b/variables-workers.tf
index 9885e340..f4970f8a 100644
--- a/variables-workers.tf
+++ b/variables-workers.tf
@@ -251,3 +251,9 @@ variable "agent_config" {
     plugins_config           = map(string),
   })
 }
+
+variable "allow_short_container_image_names" {
+  default     = false
+  description = "Whether to allow short container image names for K8s version >= 1.34.0. See <a href=https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/pull/9401>CRI-O pull request</a> for more information."
+  type        = bool
+}
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