diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 09723467..d99b7ec3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/cgroups v1.0.4 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.12 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.18 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/containers/libtrust v0.0.0-20230121012942-c1716e8a8d01 // indirect
 	github.com/containers/ocicrypt v1.1.7 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d7c68416..0d4c5ad4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ 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 v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
-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=