diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 491f50ff9..f64136925 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
 )
 
-require github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0
+require github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1
 
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.100.2 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d78cc6159..5bc4a7847 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ 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 v1.5.9/go.mod h1:fvQqCfadDGga5HZyn3j4+dx56qj2I9YwBrlSdalvJYQ=
-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=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index cb24e4bbf..ce8e19c2d 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ github.com/containerd/cgroups
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/stats/v1
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v2
 github.com/containerd/cgroups/v2/stats
-# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0
+# github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1
 ## explicit; go 1.16
 github.com/containerd/containerd/cio
 github.com/containerd/containerd/defaults