diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b52c2ffb5ba8..eeadd4c910fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -144,3 +144,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0 // indirect
 	tags.cncf.io/container-device-interface/specs-go v0.6.0 // indirect
 )
+
+// Workaround for indirect dependency no longer being available.
+// https://github.com/containerd/containerd/issues/9969
+exclude github.com/mitchellh/osext v0.0.0-20151018003038-5e2d6d41470f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 72731727a183..449333d1e7f0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/gox v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Sd9lOJ0+aimLBi73mGofS1ycjY8lL3uZM3JPS4
 github.com/mitchellh/iochan v1.0.0/go.mod h1:JwYml1nuB7xOzsp52dPpHFffvOCDupsG0QubkSMEySY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20160808181253-ca63d7c062ee/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/osext v0.0.0-20151018003038-5e2d6d41470f/go.mod h1:OkQIRizQZAeMln+1tSwduZz7+Af5oFlKirV/MSYes2A=
 github.com/mndrix/tap-go v0.0.0-20171203230836-629fa407e90b/go.mod h1:pzzDgJWZ34fGzaAZGFW22KVZDfyrYW+QABMrWnJBnSs=
 github.com/moby/locker v1.0.1 h1:fOXqR41zeveg4fFODix+1Ch4mj/gT0NE1XJbp/epuBg=
 github.com/moby/locker v1.0.1/go.mod h1:S7SDdo5zpBK84bzzVlKr2V0hz+7x9hWbYC/kq7oQppc=