diff --git a/containers-common.spec b/containers-common.spec
index 4f0771e..6aa1bd5 100644
--- a/containers-common.spec
+++ b/containers-common.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Epoch: 2
 Name: containers-common
 Version: 1
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 Summary: Common configuration and documentation for containers
 License: ASL 2.0
 BuildArch: noarch
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ EOF
 %{_datadir}/rhel/secrets/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 02 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1-9
+- make log_driver = "k8s-file" default in containers.conf
+- Related: #2000051
+
 * Fri Oct 01 2021 Jindrich Novy <jnovy@redhat.com> - 2:1-8
 - perform only sanity/installability tests for now
 - Related: #2000051
diff --git a/containers.conf b/containers.conf
index 8dc2919..a9f3a48 100644
--- a/containers.conf
+++ b/containers.conf
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ default_sysctls = [
 # Logging driver for the container. Available options: k8s-file and journald.
 #
 #log_driver = "k8s-file"
+log_driver = "k8s-file"
 
 # Maximum size allowed for the container log file. Negative numbers indicate
 # that no size limit is imposed. If positive, it must be >= 8192 to match or
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index fce0ff4..745f98b 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ spectool -f -g containers-common.spec
 ensure storage.conf    driver                        \"overlay\"
 ensure storage.conf    mountopt                      \"nodev,metacopy=on\"
 ensure containers.conf events_logger                 \"file\"
+ensure containers.conf log_driver                    \"k8s-file\"
 if pwd | grep rhel-8 > /dev/null
 then
 ensure registries.conf unqualified-search-registries [\"registry.fedoraproject.org\",\ \"registry.access.redhat.com\",\ \"registry.centos.org\",\ \"docker.io\"]