diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 513ea0427ae..c6438afa551 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.12 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.12.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.20+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bf769de66a2..ca1a1df885e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ 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 v1.6.1/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.12 h1:kJ9b3mOFKf8yqo05Ob+tMoxvt1pbVWhnB0re9Y+k+8c=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.12/go.mod h1:K4Bw7gjgh4TnkmQY+py/PYQGp4e7xgnHAeg87VeWb3A=
+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/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=