diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7cbaf537d..4acd316f5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.2
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20241001195557-6c9570a1678f
 	github.com/opencontainers/selinux v1.11.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7b8cfe4b2..a3045353b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 h1:apOUWs51W5PlhuyGyz9FCeeBIOUDA/6nW8
 github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0/go.mod h1:0JzlMkj0TRzQZfJkVvzbP0HBR3IKzErnv2BNG4W4MAM=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 h1:8SG7/vwALn54lVB/0yZ/MMwhFrPYtpEHQb2IpWsCzug=
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0/go.mod h1:W4s4sFTMaBeK1BQLXbG4AdM2szdn85PY75RI83NrTrM=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1 h1:mQkmeFSUxqFaVmvIn1VQPeQIKpHFya5R07aJw0DKQa8=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1/go.mod h1:/PXzF0h531HTMsYQnmxXkBD7YaGShm/2zcRB79dksUc=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.2 h1:jTg3Vw2A5f0N9PoxFTEwUhvpANGaNPT3689Yfd/zaX0=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.2/go.mod h1:/PXzF0h531HTMsYQnmxXkBD7YaGShm/2zcRB79dksUc=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0 h1:z97+pHb3uELt/yiAWD691HNHQIF07bE7dzrbT927iTk=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20241001195557-6c9570a1678f h1:tGGVO3yF9p5s/mPi3kO1AdoUDK49z0dgQqV0jeT1kik=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
index a05945cba..d404647c8 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -251,27 +251,39 @@ again:
 // RemovePath aims to remove cgroup path. It does so recursively,
 // by removing any subdirectories (sub-cgroups) first.
 func RemovePath(path string) error {
-	// Try the fast path first.
+	// Try the fast path first; don't retry on EBUSY yet.
 	if err := rmdir(path, false); err == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	// There are many reasons why rmdir can fail, including:
+	// 1. cgroup have existing sub-cgroups;
+	// 2. cgroup (still) have some processes (that are about to vanish);
+	// 3. lack of permission (one example is read-only /sys/fs/cgroup mount,
+	//    in which case rmdir returns EROFS even for for a non-existent path,
+	//    see issue 4518).
+	//
+	// Using os.ReadDir here kills two birds with one stone: check if
+	// the directory exists (handling scenario 3 above), and use
+	// directory contents to remove sub-cgroups (handling scenario 1).
 	infos, err := os.ReadDir(path)
-	if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
+	// Let's remove sub-cgroups, if any.
 	for _, info := range infos {
 		if info.IsDir() {
-			// We should remove subcgroup first.
 			if err = RemovePath(filepath.Join(path, info.Name())); err != nil {
-				break
+				return err
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	if err == nil {
-		err = rmdir(path, true)
-	}
-	return err
+	// Finally, try rmdir again, this time with retries on EBUSY,
+	// which may help with scenario 2 above.
+	return rmdir(path, true)
 }
 
 // RemovePaths iterates over the provided paths removing them.
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index a30b9e1ff..d568ef9ca 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ github.com/opencontainers/go-digest
 ## explicit; go 1.18
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go
 github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1
-# github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1
+# github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.2
 ## explicit; go 1.22
 github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/apparmor
 github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups