diff --git a/api/nvidia/v1/clusterpolicy_types.go b/api/nvidia/v1/clusterpolicy_types.go
index 07e424761..a263489a4 100644
--- a/api/nvidia/v1/clusterpolicy_types.go
+++ b/api/nvidia/v1/clusterpolicy_types.go
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ type OperatorSpec struct {
 	// +operator-sdk:gen-csv:customresourcedefinitions.specDescriptors.displayName="On OpenShift, enable DriverToolkit image to build and install driver modules"
 	// +operator-sdk:gen-csv:customresourcedefinitions.specDescriptors.x-descriptors="urn:alm:descriptor:com.tectonic.ui:booleanSwitch"
 	UseOpenShiftDriverToolkit *bool `json:"use_ocp_driver_toolkit,omitempty"`
+
+	// UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature indicates if the device plug-in should be configured to use the CDI devices feature
+	UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature *bool `json:"useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // HostPathsSpec defines various paths on the host needed by GPU Operator components
@@ -1827,6 +1830,15 @@ func ImagePullPolicy(pullPolicy string) corev1.PullPolicy {
 	return imagePullPolicy
 }
 
+// DevicePluginCDIDevicesFeatureEnabled returns true if use DevicePluginCDIDevices feature is enabled
+func (s *OperatorSpec) DevicePluginCDIDevicesFeatureEnabled() bool {
+	if s.UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature == nil {
+		// default is false if not specified by user
+		return false
+	}
+	return *s.UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature
+}
+
 // IsEnabled returns true if driver install is enabled(default) through gpu-operator
 func (d *DriverSpec) IsEnabled() bool {
 	if d.Enabled == nil {
diff --git a/api/nvidia/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/nvidia/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 6d876f675..749822e59 100644
--- a/api/nvidia/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/nvidia/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@ func (in *OperatorSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *OperatorSpec) {
 		*out = new(bool)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature != nil {
+		in, out := &in.UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature, &out.UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature
+		*out = new(bool)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new OperatorSpec.
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml b/bundle/manifests/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
index 8ee8e9a8a..a4f7c3c4a 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
@@ -1558,6 +1558,10 @@ spec:
                       image should be used on OpenShift to build and install driver
                       modules
                     type: boolean
+                  useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature:
+                    description: UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature indicates if the device plug-in
+                      should be configured to use the CDI devices feature
+                    type: boolean
                 required:
                 - defaultRuntime
                 type: object
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml b/config/crd/bases/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
index 8ee8e9a8a..f750ad490 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
@@ -1558,6 +1558,10 @@ spec:
                       image should be used on OpenShift to build and install driver
                       modules
                     type: boolean
+                  useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature:
+                    description: UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature indicates if the
+                      device plug-in should be configured to use the CDI devices feature
+                    type: boolean
                 required:
                 - defaultRuntime
                 type: object
diff --git a/controllers/object_controls.go b/controllers/object_controls.go
index 2b4a92528..9702c16b2 100644
--- a/controllers/object_controls.go
+++ b/controllers/object_controls.go
@@ -1398,7 +1398,11 @@ func TransformDevicePlugin(obj *appsv1.DaemonSet, config *gpuv1.ClusterPolicySpe
 	// update env required for CDI support
 	if config.CDI.IsEnabled() {
 		setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), CDIEnabledEnvName, "true")
-		setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), DeviceListStrategyEnvName, "envvar,cdi-annotations")
+		if config.Operator.DevicePluginCDIDevicesFeatureEnabled() {
+			setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), DeviceListStrategyEnvName, "cdi-cri")
+		} else {
+			setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), DeviceListStrategyEnvName, "envvar,cdi-annotations")
+		}
 		setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), CDIAnnotationPrefixEnvName, "nvidia.cdi.k8s.io/")
 		if config.Toolkit.IsEnabled() {
 			setContainerEnv(&(obj.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]), NvidiaCDIHookPathEnvName, filepath.Join(config.Toolkit.InstallDir, "toolkit/nvidia-cdi-hook"))
diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/crds/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/crds/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
index 8ee8e9a8a..a4f7c3c4a 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/crds/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/crds/nvidia.com_clusterpolicies.yaml
@@ -1558,6 +1558,10 @@ spec:
                       image should be used on OpenShift to build and install driver
                       modules
                     type: boolean
+                  useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature:
+                    description: UseDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature indicates if the device plug-in
+                      should be configured to use the CDI devices feature
+                    type: boolean
                 required:
                 - defaultRuntime
                 type: object
diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterpolicy.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterpolicy.yaml
index af9e87c38..bf893d4a1 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterpolicy.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/templates/clusterpolicy.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ spec:
     {{- if .Values.operator.use_ocp_driver_toolkit }}
     use_ocp_driver_toolkit: {{ .Values.operator.use_ocp_driver_toolkit }}
     {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.operator.useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature }}
+    useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature: {{ .Values.operator.useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature }}
+    {{- end }}
   daemonsets:
     labels:
       {{- include "gpu-operator.operand-labels" . | nindent 6 }}
diff --git a/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml b/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
index cad9bedd8..a1ae94e98 100644
--- a/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deployments/gpu-operator/values.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ operator:
   # upgrade CRD on chart upgrade, requires --disable-openapi-validation flag
   # to be passed during helm upgrade.
   upgradeCRD: true
+  # use DevicePluginCDIDevices feature
+  useDevicePluginCDIDevicesFeature: false
   initContainer:
     image: cuda
     repository: nvcr.io/nvidia