diff --git a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
index fa09c6bca8..91f51f8bcd 100644
--- a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
+++ b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/install-proxy-rhcos.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 set -xe
 
-# install blobfuse2
+# in coreos, we could just copy the blobfuse2 binary to /usr/local/bin/blobfuse2
 if [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE}" = "true" ] || [ "${INSTALL_BLOBFUSE2}" = "true" ]
 then
   echo "copy blobfuse2...."
diff --git a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/server/server.go b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/server/server.go
index 19c89c6f01..c93ec65056 100644
--- a/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/blobfuse-proxy/server/server.go
@@ -115,14 +115,24 @@ func RunGRPCServer(
 }
 
 func getBlobfuseVersion() BlobfuseVersion {
-	osinfo, err := util.GetOSInfo("/etc/lsb-release")
+	osinfo, err := util.GetOSInfo("/etc/os-release")
 	if err != nil {
 		klog.Warningf("failed to get OS info: %v, default using blobfuse v1", err)
 		return BlobfuseV1
 	}
 
-	if osinfo.Distro == "Ubuntu" && osinfo.Version >= "22.04" {
-		klog.V(2).Info("proxy default using blobfuse V2 for mounting")
+	if strings.EqualFold(osinfo.Distro, "mariner") && osinfo.Version >= "2.0" {
+		klog.V(2).Info("proxy default using blobfuse V2 for mounting on Mariner 2.0+")
+		return BlobfuseV2
+	}
+
+	if strings.EqualFold(osinfo.Distro, "rhcos") {
+		klog.V(2).Info("proxy default using blobfuse V2 for mounting on RHCOS")
+		return BlobfuseV2
+	}
+
+	if strings.EqualFold(osinfo.Distro, "ubuntu") && osinfo.Version >= "22.04" {
+		klog.V(2).Info("proxy default using blobfuse V2 for mounting on Ubuntu 22.04+")
 		return BlobfuseV2
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/util.go b/pkg/util/util.go
index 6afc446007..b0552ef056 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ type OsInfo struct {
 }
 
 const (
-	keyDistribID      = "DISTRIB_ID"
-	keyDistribRelease = "DISTRIB_RELEASE"
+	keyID        = "ID"
+	keyVersionID = "VERSION_ID"
 )
 
 func GetOSInfo(f interface{}) (*OsInfo, error) {
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ func GetOSInfo(f interface{}) (*OsInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	oi := &OsInfo{}
-	oi.Distro = cfg.Section("").Key(keyDistribID).String()
-	oi.Version = cfg.Section("").Key(keyDistribRelease).String()
+	oi.Distro = cfg.Section("").Key(keyID).String()
+	oi.Version = cfg.Section("").Key(keyVersionID).String()
 
 	klog.V(2).Infof("get OS info: %v", oi)
 	return oi, nil
diff --git a/pkg/util/util_test.go b/pkg/util/util_test.go
index 77eab65b09..32cce6b364 100644
--- a/pkg/util/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/util_test.go
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ func TestGetOSInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "parse os info correctly",
 			args: args{
-				f: []byte("DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu\nDISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04"),
+				f: []byte("ID=ubuntu\nVERSION_ID=\"22.04\""),
 			},
 			want: &OsInfo{
-				Distro:  "Ubuntu",
+				Distro:  "ubuntu",
 				Version: "22.04",
 			},
 			wantErr: false,