diff --git a/verify b/verify
index 9371154a65..362ff37b08 100755
--- a/verify
+++ b/verify
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ function verify_binaries() {
 	docker-proxy --version
 	containerd --version
 	ctr --version
-	# containerd-shim v1.6.x does not have a -v flag.
-	# TODO(thaJeztah): use -v once we switch to containerd 1.7 (see https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/6495)
-	containerd-shim --help
+	containerd-shim -v
 	containerd-shim-runc-v1 -v
 	containerd-shim-runc-v2 -v
 	runc --version