diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9c55245b..6785b833 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.3.6 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.9 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.15.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/dockercfg v0.3.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e9db95ed..7323c96f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1173,8 +1173,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.6/go.mod h1:ZoP1geJldzCVY3Tonoz7b1IXk8rIX0
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.8/go.mod h1:By6p5KqPK0/7/CgO/A6t/Gz+CUYUu2zf1hUaaymVXB0=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.9/go.mod h1:XVicUvkxOrftE2Q1YWUXgZwkkAxwQYNOFzYWvfVfEfQ=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.0/go.mod h1:QfR7Efgb/6X2BDpTPJRvPTYDE9rsF0FsXX9J8sIs/sc=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8 h1:RkwgOW3AVUT3H/dyT0W03Dc8AzlpMG65lX48KftOFSM=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.8/go.mod h1:L/Hn9qylJtUFT7cPeM0Sr3fATj+WjHwRQ0lyrYk3OPY=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.9 h1:KOhK01szQbM80YfW1H6RZKh85PHGqY/9OcEZ35Je8sc=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.9/go.mod h1:0/W44LWEYfSHoxBtsHIiNU/duEkgpMokemafHVCpq9Y=
 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=