diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 21735b8b8..573e1bf4c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aryann/difflib v0.0.0-20210328193216-ff5ff6dc229b
 	github.com/bmizerany/assert v0.0.0-20160611221934-b7ed37b82869
 	github.com/briandowns/spinner v1.11.1
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.11
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.12
 	github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator v0.41.1
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v0.14.1-0.20210722005935-0b469fcc77cd
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 66bf7a874..76813e77e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ github.com/containerd/console v0.0.0-20180822173158-c12b1e7919c1/go.mod h1:Tj/on
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.2/go.mod h1:ytZPjGgY2oeTkAONYafi2kSj0aYggsf8acV1PGKCbzQ=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.3.2/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.4/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.11 h1:QCGOUN+i70jEEL/A6JVIbhy4f4fanzAzSR4kNG7SlcE=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.11/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.12 h1:V+SHzYmhng/iju6M5nFrpTTusrhidoxKTwdwLw+u4c4=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.4.12/go.mod h1:bC6axHOhabU15QhwfG7w5PipXdVtMXFTttgp+kVtyUA=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20190426062206-aaeac12a7ffc/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20201208142359-180525291bb7 h1:6ejg6Lkk8dskcM7wQ28gONkukbQkM4qpj4RnYbpFzrI=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20201208142359-180525291bb7/go.mod h1:kR3BEg7bDFaEddKm54WSmrol1fKWDU1nKYkgrcgZT7Y=