diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1b959ac61d93..a6447b0bdfdb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.2.3
 	github.com/Nordix/simple-ipam v1.0.0
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20210307081110-f21760c49a8d
-	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0
+	github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/cni v1.1.2
 	github.com/containernetworking/plugins v1.3.0
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8ce4a6ef1cde..25f04fe7e19b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XL
 github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
 github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
 github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0 h1:V8gS/bTCCjX9uUnkUFUpPsksM8n1lXBAvHcpiFk1X2Y=
-github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.11.0/go.mod h1:WE7CZAnqOL2RouJ4f1uyNhqr2P4CCvXFIqdRDUgWsVs=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.2 h1:cP3qL4kkl19kr/F+hKqUo9F9pPMVz1oms8C7Qj0AwWk=
+github.com/cilium/ebpf v0.12.2/go.mod h1:u9H29/Iq+8cy70YqI6p5pfADkFl3vdnV2qXDg5JL0Zo=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20200629203442-efcf912fb354/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=