diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a7ed79083432..51ba37923a00 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/moby/patternmatcher v0.6.0
 	github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter v0.0.5
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0
-	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.0
+	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.2.1
 	github.com/otiai10/copy v1.14.0
 	github.com/phayes/freeport v0.0.0-20180830031419-95f893ade6f2
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 962b9e764037..4970230962ee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1337,8 +1337,8 @@ github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc9/go.mod h1:qT5XzbpPznkRYVz/mWwUaVBUv2rm
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc93/go.mod h1:3NOsor4w32B2tC0Zbl8Knk4Wg84SM2ImC1fxBuqJ/H0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.2/go.mod h1:aTaHFFwQXuA71CiyxOdFFIorAoemI04suvGRQFzWTD0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:Tj1hFw6eFWp/o33uxGf5yF2BX5yz2Z6iptFpuvbbKqc=
-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 v0.1.2-0.20190507144316-5b71a03e2700/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.1/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=
 github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec v1.0.2-0.20190207185410-29686dbc5559/go.mod h1:jwyrGlmzljRJv/Fgzds9SsS/C5hL+LL3ko9hs6T5lQ0=