diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 96ee908781..59948effed 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1
 	github.com/opencontainers/runtime-tools v0.9.1-0.20230914150019-408c51e934dc
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2df5699b4c..3e1d68d1d2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0 h1:7rg/4f3rB88pb5obDgNZrNHrQ4e6WpjonchcpuBRnZM
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.21.0/go.mod h1:7Du3c42kxCUegi0IImZ1wUQzMBVecgIHjR1C+NkhLQo=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1 h1:Cwbd75ZBPxFSuZ6T+rN/WCb/gOc6YgFBXLlZLhC7Ds4=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.35.1/go.mod h1:PvZbdDc8J6XJEpDK4HCuRBm8a6Fzp9/DmhC9C7yFlog=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0 h1:qke7ZVCmJcKrJVY2iHJVC+0kql9uYdkusOPsQOOeBw4=
-github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/PXzF0h531HTMsYQnmxXkBD7YaGShm/2zcRB79dksUc=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1 h1:mQkmeFSUxqFaVmvIn1VQPeQIKpHFya5R07aJw0DKQa8=
+github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1/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 v0.9.1-0.20230914150019-408c51e934dc h1:d2hUh5O6MRBvStV55MQ8we08t42zSTqBbscoQccWmMc=