diff --git a/.changelog/16712.txt b/.changelog/16712.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97ac81c798b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/16712.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+dependency: update runc to 1.1.5
+```
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1977a4104391..a8d91514a91f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/sys/mount v0.3.3
 	github.com/moby/sys/mountinfo v0.6.2
 	github.com/moby/term v0.0.0-20210619224110-3f7ff695adc6
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.4
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.5
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.3-0.20210326190908-1c3f411f0417
 	github.com/posener/complete v1.2.3
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.13.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd508d28801c..a99e331afd35 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1190,8 +1190,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc8.0.20190926000215-3e425f80a8c9/go.mod h
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc9/go.mod h1:qT5XzbpPznkRYVz/mWwUaVBUv2rmF59PVA73FjuZG0U=
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc93/go.mod h1:3NOsor4w32B2tC0Zbl8Knk4Wg84SM2ImC1fxBuqJ/H0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2/go.mod h1:aTaHFFwQXuA71CiyxOdFFIorAoemI04suvGRQFzWTD0=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.4 h1:nRCz/8sKg6K6jgYAFLDlXzPeITBZJyX28DBVhWD+5dg=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.4/go.mod h1:1J5XiS+vdZ3wCyZybsuxXZWGrgSr8fFJHLXuG2PsnNg=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.5 h1:L44KXEpKmfWDcS02aeGm8QNTFXTo2D+8MYGDIJ/GDEs=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.5/go.mod h1:1J5XiS+vdZ3wCyZybsuxXZWGrgSr8fFJHLXuG2PsnNg=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v0.1.2-0.20190507144316-5b71a03e2700/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.2-0.20190207185410-29686dbc5559/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=