diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 108a98b42c1a3..f8ad6b31ea957 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/buildkite/yaml v2.1.0+incompatible // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7e2c44649b618..ab37c0f7bccc3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -593,8 +593,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-beta.4/go.mod h1:GmdgZd2zA2GYIBZ0w09Zvgq
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.0-rc.0/go.mod h1:V/IXoMqNGgBlabz3tHD2TWDoTJseu1FGOKuoA4nNb2s=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTVn7dJnIOwtYR4g=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.4/go.mod h1:sx18RgvW6ABJ4iYUw7Q5x7bgFOAB9B6G7+yO0XBc4zw=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8 h1:h4dOFDwzHmqFEP754PgfgTeVXFnLiRc6kiqC7tplDJs=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8/go.mod h1:By6p5KqPK0/7/CgO/A6t/Gz+CUYUu2zf1hUaaymVXB0=
+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=