diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a635e6fc6da..1a408b91e03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cnabio/cnab-to-oci v0.3.1-beta1
 	github.com/compose-spec/compose-go v1.1.0
 	github.com/containerd/console v1.0.3
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0
+	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.0.0-20210316161203-a01c71e2477e
 	github.com/docker/buildx v0.7.1
 	github.com/docker/cli v20.10.12+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7125f3f3b16..e3addf95b4c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.1/go.mod h1:0DOxVqwDy2iZvrZp2JUx/E+hS0UNTV
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.5/go.mod h1:oSTh0QpT1w6jYcGmbiSbxv9OSQYaa88mPyWIuU79zyo=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.7/go.mod h1:gyvv6+ugqY25TiXxcZC3L5yOeYgEw0QMhscqVp1AR9c=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.5.8/go.mod h1:YdFSv5bTFLpG2HIYmfqDpSYYTDX+mc5qtSuYx1YUb/s=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0 h1:CLa12ZcV0d2ZTRKq1ssioeJpTnPJBMyndpEKA+UtzJg=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.0/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1 h1:oa2uY0/0G+JX4X7hpGCYvkp9FjUancz56kSNnb1sG3o=
+github.com/containerd/containerd v1.6.1/go.mod h1:1nJz5xCZPusx6jJU8Frfct988y0NpumIq9ODB0kLtoE=
 github.com/containerd/continuity v0.0.0-20181203112020-004b46473808/go.mod h1:GL3xCUCBDV3CZiTSEKksMWbLE66hEyuu9qyDOOqM47Y=
 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=