diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c280a94a736..9b519c1ca75 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/compose-spec/compose-go v1.0.9
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.3
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1
 	github.com/containerd/continuity v0.2.2
 	github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.1.3
 	github.com/containerd/imgcrypt v1.1.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index db56c08af87..1f8a6a90f84 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTV
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8/go.mod h1:YdFSv5bTFLpG2HIYmfqDpSYYTDX+mc5qtSuYx1YUb/s=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jdeOXdXovU4bWF2Bd2hJjqpcOrrpSC1wmFCTtf6LD+A=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0 h1:CLa12ZcV0d2ZTRKq1ssioeJpTnPJBMyndpEKA+UtzJg=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1 h1:oa2uY0/0G+JX4X7hpGCYvkp9FjUancz56kSNnb1sG3o=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190815185530-f2a389ac0a02/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20191127005431-f65d91d395eb/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=