diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1f6bf64c..4040cc52 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ require (
 )
 
 // To mitigate Snyk security scan.
-replace github.com/containerd/containerd => github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.1
+replace github.com/containerd/containerd => github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3683da93..d9668662 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -646,8 +646,10 @@ github.com/containerd/console v1.0.2/go.mod h1:ytZPjGgY2oeTkAONYafi2kSj0aYggsf8a
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3/go.mod h1:7LqA/THxQ86k76b8c/EMSiaJ3h1eZkMkXar0TQ1gf3U=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.13/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.1/go.mod h1:gA+nJUADRBm98QS5j5RPROnt0POQSMK+r7P7EGMC/Qc=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.2/go.mod h1:afcz74+K10M/+cjGHIVQrCt3RAQhUSCAjJ9iMYhhkuI=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20210208174643-50096c924a4e/go.mod h1:EXlVlkqNba9rJe3j7w3Xa924itAMLgZH4UD/Q4PExuQ=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0/go.mod h1:wJEAIwKOm/pBZuBd0JmeTvnLquTB1Ag8espWhkykbPM=
+github.com/containerd/continuity v0.4.1/go.mod h1:F6PTNCKepoxEaXLQp3wDAjygEnImnZ/7o4JzpodfroQ=
 github.com/containerd/fifo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ocF/ME1SX5b1AOlWi9r677YJmCPSwwWnQ9O123vzpE4=
 github.com/containerd/fifo v1.1.0/go.mod h1:bmC4NWMbXlt2EZ0Hc7Fx7QzTFxgPID13eH0Qu+MAb2o=
 github.com/containerd/go-cni v1.1.6/go.mod h1:BWtoWl5ghVymxu6MBjg79W9NZrCRyHIdUtk4cauMe34=