diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
index a86b0c1c05..46091a3aa8 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/agent.go
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ var (
 		Name:        "pause-image",
 		Usage:       "(agent/runtime) Customized pause image for containerd or docker sandbox",
 		Destination: &AgentConfig.PauseImage,
-		Value:       DefaultPauseImage,
+		Value:       "rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6",
 	}
 	SnapshotterFlag = &cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:        "snapshotter",
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/const_linux.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/const_linux.go
index 3f95e93fad..71e8745f14 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/const_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/const_linux.go
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
 package cmds
 
 const (
-	DefaultPauseImage  = "rancher/mirrored-pause:3.6"
 	DefaultSnapshotter = "overlayfs"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cli/cmds/const_windows.go b/pkg/cli/cmds/const_windows.go
index f8f59c52e2..2d05392cdd 100644
--- a/pkg/cli/cmds/const_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/cli/cmds/const_windows.go
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@
 package cmds
 
 const (
-	DefaultPauseImage  = "mcr.microsoft.com/oss/kubernetes/pause:1.4.0"
-	DefaultSnapshotter = "native"
+	DefaultSnapshotter = "windows"
 )