diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
index 10608685c471..1e3f269dafb2 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2205.section.xml
@@ -509,6 +509,19 @@
           <literal>/etc/containers</literal>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          For new installations
+          <literal>virtualisation.oci-containers.backend</literal> is
+          now set to <literal>podman</literal> by default. If you still
+          want to use Docker on systems where
+          <literal>system.stateVersion</literal> is set to to
+          <literal>&quot;22.05&quot;</literal> set
+          <literal>virtualisation.oci-containers.backend = &quot;docker&quot;;</literal>.Old
+          systems with older <literal>stateVersion</literal>s stay with
+          <quote>docker</quote>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>security.klogd</literal> was removed. Logging of
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
index 3b118d4e03d2..dcfabf01ff3d 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2205.section.md
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
   This is to improve compatibility with `libcontainer` based software such as Podman and Skopeo
   which assumes they have ownership over `/etc/containers`.
 
+- For new installations `virtualisation.oci-containers.backend` is now set to `podman` by default.
+  If you still want to use Docker on systems where `system.stateVersion` is set to to `"22.05"` set `virtualisation.oci-containers.backend = "docker";`.Old systems with older `stateVersion`s stay with "docker".
+
 - `security.klogd` was removed.  Logging of kernel messages is handled
   by systemd since Linux 3.5.
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
index f40481727830..fa5fe9973044 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
@@ -338,11 +338,7 @@ in {
 
     backend = mkOption {
       type = types.enum [ "podman" "docker" ];
-      default =
-        # TODO: Once https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/77925 is resolved default to podman
-        # if versionAtLeast config.system.stateVersion "20.09" then "podman"
-        # else "docker";
-        "docker";
+      default = if versionAtLeast config.system.stateVersion "22.05" then "podman" else "docker";
       description = "The underlying Docker implementation to use.";
     };