diff --git a/images/base/files/usr/local/bin/entrypoint b/images/base/files/usr/local/bin/entrypoint
index 588e025a1b..643b6d2214 100755
--- a/images/base/files/usr/local/bin/entrypoint
+++ b/images/base/files/usr/local/bin/entrypoint
@@ -101,22 +101,36 @@ overlayfs_preferrable() {
 
 configure_containerd() {
   local snapshotter=${KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_CONTAINERD_SNAPSHOTTER:-}
-  if [[ -n "$userns" ]]; then
-    # userns (rootless) configs
 
-    # Adjust oomScoreAdj
+  # handle userns (rootless)
+  if [[ -n "$userns" ]]; then
+    # enable restrict_oom_score_adj
     sed -i 's/restrict_oom_score_adj = false/restrict_oom_score_adj = true/' /etc/containerd/config.toml
-
     # Use fuse-overlayfs if overlayfs is not preferrable: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kind/issues/2275
     if [[ -z "$snapshotter" ]] && ! overlayfs_preferrable; then
       snapshotter="fuse-overlayfs"
     fi
-  else
-    # we need to switch to the 'native' snapshotter on zfs
-    if [[ -z "$snapshotter" ]] && [[ "$(stat -f -c %T /kind)" == 'zfs' ]]; then
-      snapshotter="native"
+  fi
+
+  # if we have not already overridden the snapshotter, attempt to auto select
+  if [[ -z "$snapshotter" ]]; then
+    # we need to switch to 'native' or 'fuse-overlayfs' on zfs
+    container_filesystem="$(stat -f -c %T /kind)"
+    if [[ "$container_filesystem" == 'zfs' ]]; then
+      # if fuse is present, use fuse-overlayfs, else fallback to native
+      # we do not use the ZFS snapshotter because of skew issues vs the host
+      if [[ -e /dev/fuse ]]; then
+        snapshotter="fuse-overlayfs"
+      else
+        snapshotter="native"
+      fi
+    # fuse likely implies fuse-overlayfs, we should switch to fuse-overlayfs (or native)
+    elif [[ "$container_filesystem" == 'fuseblk' ]]; then
+      snapshotter="fuse-overlayfs"
     fi
   fi
+
+  # if we've overridden or auto-selected the snapshotter vs the default, update containerd
   if [[ -n "$snapshotter" ]]; then
     echo "INFO: changing snapshotter from \"overlayfs\" to \"$snapshotter\""
     sed -i "s/snapshotter = \"overlayfs\"/snapshotter = \"$snapshotter\"/" /etc/containerd/config.toml
diff --git a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
index 02c98f84be..d689c49335 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/config/defaults/image.go
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ limitations under the License.
 package defaults
 
 // Image is the default for the Config.Image field, aka the default node image.
-const Image = "kindest/node:v1.24.3@sha256:e1a5c449fb2556b5fbba29fb43f28055cacb12ce53d1f281e8be442d0dd5cd1d"
+const Image = "kindest/node:v1.24.3@sha256:09961d2443a557dfa59126ce8b5388e9c06610b0276dc0a986a74d3d0f01e53e"
diff --git a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
index d8b650949a..d86f5537bf 100644
--- a/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/build/nodeimage/defaults.go
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ package nodeimage
 const DefaultImage = "kindest/node:latest"
 
 // DefaultBaseImage is the default base image used
-const DefaultBaseImage = "docker.io/kindest/base:v20220808-a2dcbb47"
+const DefaultBaseImage = "docker.io/kindest/base:v20220811-20da9c7c"