diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 399140ee62..bbd1fca4f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/containers/image/v5 v5.24.1
 	github.com/containers/ocicrypt v1.1.7
 	github.com/containers/psgo v1.8.0
-	github.com/containers/storage v1.45.5
+	github.com/containers/storage v1.45.6
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/coreos/stream-metadata-go v0.0.0-20210225230131-70edb9eb47b3
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.2.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 02da1133c2..2dc35e6634 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ github.com/containers/psgo v1.8.0 h1:2loGekmGAxM9ir5OsXWEfGwFxorMPYnc6gEDsGFQvhY
 github.com/containers/psgo v1.8.0/go.mod h1:T8ZxnX3Ur4RvnhxFJ7t8xJ1F48RhiZB4rSrOaR/qGHc=
 github.com/containers/storage v1.37.0/go.mod h1:kqeJeS0b7DO2ZT1nVWs0XufrmPFbgV3c+Q/45RlH6r4=
 github.com/containers/storage v1.43.0/go.mod h1:uZ147thiIFGdVTjMmIw19knttQnUCl3y9zjreHrg11s=
-github.com/containers/storage v1.45.5 h1:0sLd/JxRcS0pQ42jVzOv/u6N9RypAGYhaFUzWHgRWxs=
-github.com/containers/storage v1.45.5/go.mod h1:OdRUYHrq1HP6iAo79VxqtYuJzC5j4eA2I60jKOoCT7g=
+github.com/containers/storage v1.45.6 h1:BSx9hgpzLMJR93yuvpHGdQBNNLuGYbsGvldYWKmgTF0=
+github.com/containers/storage v1.45.6/go.mod h1:OdRUYHrq1HP6iAo79VxqtYuJzC5j4eA2I60jKOoCT7g=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/go-iptables v0.4.5/go.mod h1:/mVI274lEDI2ns62jHCDnCyBF9Iwsmekav8Dbxlm1MU=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/VERSION b/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/VERSION
index c8d55f38b3..7144edf584 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/VERSION
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.45.5
+1.45.6
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/drivers/quota/projectquota.go b/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/drivers/quota/projectquota.go
index f5484dee74..b48c7fca77 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/drivers/quota/projectquota.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containers/storage/drivers/quota/projectquota.go
@@ -424,8 +424,15 @@ func makeBackingFsDev(home string) (string, error) {
 	backingFsBlockDev := path.Join(home, "backingFsBlockDev")
 	backingFsBlockDevTmp := backingFsBlockDev + ".tmp"
 	// Re-create just in case someone copied the home directory over to a new device
-	if err := unix.Mknod(backingFsBlockDevTmp, unix.S_IFBLK|0600, int(stat.Dev)); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to mknod %s: %w", backingFsBlockDevTmp, err)
+	if err := unix.Mknod(backingFsBlockDevTmp, unix.S_IFBLK|0o600, int(stat.Dev)); err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, unix.EEXIST) {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to mknod %s: %w", backingFsBlockDevTmp, err)
+		}
+		// On EEXIST, try again after unlinking any potential leftover.
+		_ = unix.Unlink(backingFsBlockDevTmp)
+		if err := unix.Mknod(backingFsBlockDevTmp, unix.S_IFBLK|0o600, int(stat.Dev)); err != nil {
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to mknod %s: %w", backingFsBlockDevTmp, err)
+		}
 	}
 	if err := unix.Rename(backingFsBlockDevTmp, backingFsBlockDev); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to rename %s to %s: %w", backingFsBlockDevTmp, backingFsBlockDev, err)
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 4f00ae5f37..91f420e415 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ github.com/containers/psgo/internal/dev
 github.com/containers/psgo/internal/host
 github.com/containers/psgo/internal/proc
 github.com/containers/psgo/internal/process
-# github.com/containers/storage v1.45.5
+# github.com/containers/storage v1.45.6
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/containers/storage
 github.com/containers/storage/drivers