diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5a777193a3cf..6b45cf1c0dd2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.0.1
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.0.1
 	github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0
-	github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0
 	github.com/creack/pty v1.1.18
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.3-0.20220113150236-6e2838e18645+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.1+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f739d8ca5d49..14f7f2c7ed5c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0 h1:is9qnZMPYjLd8LYqmm/qlE+wwEgJIkTYdhV3rfZo
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Qe8Bv2Xik5FyTXwgIbLAnv2sWSBmvWdFETJConOQ//Q=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:CgnwVTmzoESiwO9qyAFEMiHoZ1nMCKZlZ9V6mm3/LKc=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.2.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
-github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0 h1:wkHLiw0WNATZnSG7epLsujiMCgPAc9xhjJ4tgnAxmfM=
 github.com/coreos/go-semver v0.3.0/go.mod h1:nnelYz7RCh+5ahJtPPxZlU+153eP4D4r3EedlOD2RNk=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20161114122254-48702e0da86b/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20180511133405-39ca1b05acc7/go.mod h1:F5haX7vjVVG0kc13fIWeqUViNPyEJxv/OmvnBo0Yme4=