diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 39f49f471..294c31779 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 // indirect
 	github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20210303052042-6bc126869bf4 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbc087cb0..041d3377b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.2.4/go.mod h1:rQD95gz6FARkaKkQXUksEje/d9a6wBJoC
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20190617123548-eb05cc24525f/go.mod h1:i/u985jwjWRlyHXQbwatDASoW0RMlZ/3i9yJHE2xLkI=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.4 h1:jN/mbWBEaz+T1pi5OFtnkQ+8qnmEbAr1Oo1FRm5B0dA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15 h1:4wWexxzLNHNE46aIETc6ge4TofO550v+BlLoANrbses=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15/go.mod h1:U2NnBPIhzJDm59xF7xB2MMHnKtggpZ+phKg8o2TKj2c=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 h1:qZbsLvmyu+Vlty0/Ex5xc0z2YtKpIsb5n45mAMI+2Ns=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18/go.mod h1:1RdCUu95+gc2v9t3IL+zIlpClSmew7/0YS8O5eQZrOw=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
diff --git a/hack/go.mod b/hack/go.mod
index be07e6411..d9d987aff 100644
--- a/hack/go.mod
+++ b/hack/go.mod
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cyberphone/json-canonicalization v0.0.0-20210303052042-6bc126869bf4 // indirect
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/go.sum b/hack/go.sum
index aa2152c75..7dd3351e2 100644
--- a/hack/go.sum
+++ b/hack/go.sum
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ github.com/cockroachdb/errors v1.2.4/go.mod h1:rQD95gz6FARkaKkQXUksEje/d9a6wBJoC
 github.com/cockroachdb/logtags v0.0.0-20190617123548-eb05cc24525f/go.mod h1:i/u985jwjWRlyHXQbwatDASoW0RMlZ/3i9yJHE2xLkI=
 github.com/codahale/hdrhistogram v0.0.0-20161010025455-3a0bb77429bd/go.mod h1:sE/e/2PUdi/liOCUjSTXgM1o87ZssimdTWN964YiIeI=
 github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.4 h1:jN/mbWBEaz+T1pi5OFtnkQ+8qnmEbAr1Oo1FRm5B0dA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15 h1:4wWexxzLNHNE46aIETc6ge4TofO550v+BlLoANrbses=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15/go.mod h1:U2NnBPIhzJDm59xF7xB2MMHnKtggpZ+phKg8o2TKj2c=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 h1:qZbsLvmyu+Vlty0/Ex5xc0z2YtKpIsb5n45mAMI+2Ns=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18/go.mod h1:1RdCUu95+gc2v9t3IL+zIlpClSmew7/0YS8O5eQZrOw=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=