diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5ef06ece05ec0..5413b699b9dc0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ RUN git init . && git remote add origin "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc.
 # that is used. If you need to update runc, open a pull request in the containerd
 # project first, and update both after that is merged. When updating RUNC_VERSION,
 # consider updating runc in vendor.mod accordingly.
-ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.1.7
+ARG RUNC_VERSION=v1.1.8
 RUN git fetch -q --depth 1 origin "${RUNC_VERSION}" +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* && git checkout -q FETCH_HEAD
 
 FROM base AS runc-build
diff --git a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
index a58846c06f39e..289a0ca9ff478 100755
--- a/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
+++ b/hack/dockerfile/install/runc.installer
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ set -e
 # the containerd project first, and update both after that is merged.
 #
 # When updating RUNC_VERSION, consider updating runc in vendor.mod accordingly
-: "${RUNC_VERSION:=v1.1.7}"
+: "${RUNC_VERSION:=v1.1.8}"
 
 install_runc() {
 	RUNC_BUILDTAGS="${RUNC_BUILDTAGS:-"seccomp"}"