diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 30078d9c04..813c578d81 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.0
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.16
 	github.com/docker/docker v20.10.20+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 57bb67f3f0..7a82140477 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210922020428-25de7278fc84/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWH
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20211001041855-01bcc9b48dfe/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20211011173535-cb28da3451f1/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3/go.mod h1:7LqA/THxQ86k76b8c/EMSiaJ3h1eZkMkXar0TQ1gf3U=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15 h1:4wWexxzLNHNE46aIETc6ge4TofO550v+BlLoANrbses=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.15/go.mod h1:U2NnBPIhzJDm59xF7xB2MMHnKtggpZ+phKg8o2TKj2c=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.16 h1:0H5xH6ABsN7XTrxIAKxFpBkFCBtrZ/OSORhCpUnHjrc=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.16/go.mod h1:1RdCUu95+gc2v9t3IL+zIlpClSmew7/0YS8O5eQZrOw=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.3.0 h1:nisirsYROK15TAMVukJOUyGJjz4BNQJBVsNvAXZJ/eg=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.3.2/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=