diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/update_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/update_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d94c215389f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/update_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/devices"
+)
+
+func testUpdateDevices(t *testing.T, systemd bool) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		return
+	}
+	rootfs, err := newRootfs()
+	ok(t, err)
+	defer remove(rootfs)
+	config := newTemplateConfig(t, &tParam{
+		rootfs:  rootfs,
+		systemd: systemd,
+	})
+	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
+	ok(t, err)
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
+
+	// Execute a first process in the container
+	stdinR, stdinW, err := os.Pipe()
+	ok(t, err)
+	process := &libcontainer.Process{
+		Cwd:   "/",
+		Args:  []string{"cat"},
+		Env:   standardEnvironment,
+		Stdin: stdinR,
+		Init:  true,
+	}
+	err = container.Run(process)
+	_ = stdinR.Close()
+	defer func() {
+		_ = stdinW.Close()
+		if _, err := process.Wait(); err != nil {
+			t.Log(err)
+		}
+	}()
+	ok(t, err)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	devCheck := &libcontainer.Process{
+		Cwd:    "/",
+		Args:   []string{"/bin/sh", "-c", "echo > /dev/full; cat /dev/null; true"},
+		Env:    standardEnvironment,
+		Stderr: &buf,
+	}
+	isAllowed := true
+	expected := map[bool][]string{
+		true: {
+			"write error: No space left on device", // from write to /dev/full
+			// no error from cat /dev/null
+		},
+		false: {
+			"/dev/full: Operation not permitted",
+			`cat: can't open '/dev/null': Operation not permitted`,
+		},
+	}
+	defaultDevices := config.Cgroups.Resources.Devices
+
+	for i := 0; i < 300; i++ {
+		// Check the access
+		buf.Reset()
+		err = container.Run(devCheck)
+		ok(t, err)
+		waitProcess(devCheck, t)
+
+		t.Logf("[%d] allowed: %v output: %s", i, isAllowed, buf.String())
+
+		for _, exp := range expected[isAllowed] {
+			if !strings.Contains(buf.String(), exp) {
+				t.Fatalf("[%d] expected %q, got %q", i, exp, buf.String())
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Now flip the access permission
+		isAllowed = !isAllowed
+		if isAllowed {
+			config.Cgroups.Resources.Devices = defaultDevices
+		} else {
+			config.Cgroups.Resources.Devices = []*devices.Rule{}
+		}
+		if err := container.Set(*config); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpdateDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	testUpdateDevices(t, false)
+}
+
+func TestUpdateDevicesSystemd(t *testing.T) {
+	if !systemd.IsRunningSystemd() {
+		t.Skip("Test requires systemd.")
+	}
+	testUpdateDevices(t, true)
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/update.bats b/tests/integration/update.bats
index 41344a9dc22..e204ea49550 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/update.bats
@@ -648,29 +648,3 @@ EOF
 	runc resume test_update
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 }
-
-@test "runc update replaces devices cgroup program" {
-	[[ "$ROOTLESS" -ne 0 ]] && requires rootless_cgroup
-
-	# Unfortunately we can't update device rules directly with runc ("runc
-	# update" doesn't support it, and adding support would require ironing out
-	# some long-standing design issues with device configuration). So instead
-	# we just run "runc update" many times, relying on the fact that runc will
-	# re-apply devices cgroup rules on each runc update.
-	#
-	# In the past runc would not delete old cgroupv2 eBPF programs, so this
-	# test ensures that once we go past the program limit (64 stacked programs
-	# at time of writing) you can still run "runc" update.
-
-	# Run the container in the background.
-	runc run -d --console-socket "$CONSOLE_SOCKET" test_update
-	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-
-	for new_limit in $(seq 300); do
-		runc update --pids-limit "$((2 * new_limit))" test_update
-		[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-	done
-
-	# The container should still be running.
-	testcontainer test_update running
-}